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DICTIONARY OF ABBREVIATIONS IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
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This dictionary decodes abbreviations and acronyms found in various publications and websites. These abbreviations or acronyms, therefore, are not necessarily authoritative in format or content. |
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| AIS |
Automatic Identificarion System |
| ALRS |
Admiralty List of Radio Signal |
| API |
American Petroleum Insititute |
| APT |
After Peak Tank |
| ARPA |
Automatic Radar Plotting AId |
| ATA |
Actual Time of Arrival |
| ATD |
Actual Time of Departure |
| AWB |
Air Waybill |
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| BA |
British Admiralty |
| BAF |
Bunker Adjustment Factor |
| BC Code |
Bulk Cargo Code |
| BDI |
Both Days Inclusive |
| B/L |
Bill Of Lading |
| BIMCO |
Baltic and International Maritime Council |
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| C&F |
Cost And Freight |
| CAD |
Cash Against Documents |
| CAS |
Condition Assessment Scheme |
| CBM |
Condition Based Maintenance |
| CCTV |
Close d Circuit Television |
| CFR |
Cost & Freight |
| CFR |
Code Of Federal Requlations |
| CIF |
Cost Insurance & Freight |
| CIRM |
Centro Internazionale Radio Medico |
| CN |
Cover Note |
| COA |
Contract of Affreightment |
| COACP |
Contract of Affreightment Charter Party |
| COD |
Cash On Delivery |
| COFR |
Certificate Of Financial Responsability |
| COLREG |
Convention on International Regulation for Preventing Collisions at sea |
| COW |
Crude Oil Washing |
| CP |
Charter Party |
| CSO |
Company Security Officer |
| CSR |
Continuos Synopsis Record |
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| D&H |
Dangerous & Hazardous |
| DOS |
Declaration of Security |
| DPA |
Designated Person Ashore |
| DWT |
Deadweight |
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| EDG |
Emergency Diesel Generator |
| EDP |
Electronic Data Processing |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| ETA |
Estimated Time Of Arrival |
| ETD |
Estimated Time of Departure |
| ETS |
Estimated Time of Sailing |
| ETS |
European Telecommunication Standard |
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| FAC |
First Aid Case |
| FAS |
Free Along Side |
| FEU |
Forty Foot Equivalent Units |
| FIFO |
First In First Out |
| FIO |
Free In and Out |
| FOB |
Free On Board |
| FOC |
Flag Of Convenience |
| FPSO |
Floating Production Storage and Offloading unit |
| FSS Code |
International Code for Fire Safety System |
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| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GISIS |
Global Integrated Shipping Information System (IMO) |
| GNP |
Gross National Product (GDP + the net income accruing from foreign sources) |
| GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GOV |
Gross Observed Volume |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GRT |
Gross Register Ton |
| GSV |
Gross Standard Volume |
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| HSE |
Health Safety & Environment |
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| IACS |
International Associations of Classification Societies |
| IATA |
International Air Transport Association |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICS |
International Chamber of Shipping |
| IFO |
Intermediate Fuel Oil |
| IGS |
Inert Gas System |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| IMCO |
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (now IMO) |
| IMDG |
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMGS |
International Medical Guide for Ships |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| ISM |
International Safe Management |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ISPS |
International Ship and Port Facility Security Code |
| ITU |
International Telecommuncations Union |
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| KPI |
Key Performance Indicator |
| KTM |
Keel To Top of Mast |
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| LADEN |
Loaded Aboard a Vessel |
| LAKER |
Type of Ship which trades only in the Great Lakes of North America |
| LASH |
Lighter Aboard Ship. |
| LAYCAN |
Lay day Cancelling Date |
| LBP |
Length Between Perpendiculars |
| LES |
Land Earth Station |
| LFL |
Low Flammable Limit |
| LIFO |
Last In First Out |
| LIST |
The amount in degrees that a vessel tilts from the vertical |
| LOA |
Lenght Over All |
| LOI |
Letter Of Indemnity |
| LOLO |
Lift On Lift Off Vessel |
| LSA |
Life-Saving Appliances |
| LTI |
Lost Time Injury (Fatalities + PTD + PPD + LWC) |
| LTIF |
Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTI * 1,000,000 / Exposure Hours) |
| LTIR |
Lost Time Incident Rate |
| LWC |
Lost Workday Case |
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| MAFI |
German brand name of a roll trailer |
| MARPOL |
International Convention for the prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| MES |
Mobile Earth Station |
| MFA |
Medic First Aid |
| MFAG |
Medic First Aid Guide |
| MODU |
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSC |
Maritime Safety Committee of IMO |
| MTC |
Medical Treatment Case |
| MTSA |
Maritme Transportation Security Act |
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| NOAA |
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOR |
Notice Of Readiness |
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| OBO |
Oil Bulk Ore Vessel |
| OECD |
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturers |
| OCIMF |
Oil Companies' International Marine Forum |
| OPA 90 |
The US Oil Pollution Act of 1990 |
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| P&I |
Protection & Indemnity Club |
| PEL |
Permissible Exposure Limit |
| PMS |
Preventative (Plan) Maintenance System |
| POB |
Pilot On Board |
| PPD |
Permanent Partial Disability |
| PPE |
Personal Protection Equipment |
| PSC |
Port State Control |
| PSCO |
Port State Control Officer |
| PSV |
Platform Supply Vessel |
| PTD |
Permanent Total Disability |
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| RCC |
Rescue Coordination Centre |
| RDF |
Radio Direction Finder |
| ROB |
Remaining On Board |
| RSO |
Recognized Security Organization |
| RWC |
Restricted Work Case |
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| SART |
Search And Rescue Radar Transponder |
| SBM |
Single Buoy Mooring |
| SDR |
Special Drawing Rights |
| SLIP |
A vessel berth between two piers |
| SMS |
Safety Management System |
| SOLAS |
Safety Of Life At Sea |
| SOS |
Save Our Souls |
| SSAS |
Ship Security Alert System |
| SSO |
Ship Security Officer |
| SSP |
Ship Security Plan |
| STCW |
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and watchkeeping for Seafares |
| SWL |
Safe Working Load |
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| TBA |
To Be Advised |
| TBN |
To Be Named |
| T/C |
Time Charter |
| TCP |
Time Charter Party |
| TCT |
Time Charter Trip |
| TCV |
Total Calculated Volume |
| TDV |
Total Delivered Volume (TCV less ROB) |
| TEU |
Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit |
| TLV |
Threshold Limit Value |
| TMSA |
Tanker Management and Self-Assessment |
| TOV |
Total Observed Volume |
| TRC |
Total Recordable Case (LTI + RWC + MTC) |
| TRCF |
Total Recordable Case Frequency |
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| UFL |
Upper Flammable Limit |
| ULCC |
Ultra Large Crude Carrier |
| UNDG |
United Nations Dangerous Goods Number |
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| VCF |
Volume Correction Factor |
| VDF |
Vessel Disharge Factor |
| VDR |
Voyage Data Recorder |
| VLCC |
Very Large Crude Carrier |
| VLF |
Vessel Loading Factor |
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| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
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