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- 1 / 2 SB
One or two safe berth(s).
- 1 / 2 SP
One or two safe port(s).
- 1 OPT 1
One year, option another one year
- A & CP
Anchors and chains proved.
- A.B
Arabian Gulf (also refered to as P.G. - Persian Gulf)
- A.B.O. ABO
As brokers only
- A.P OR A/P
After peak Tank
- a/f
Also for (referring to ports to be touched by the ship).
- A/S
Alongside
- Aa (AA)
Always afloat.
- AAAA
Always afloat and (always) accessible.
- AARA
Amsterdam-Antwerp-Rotterdam Area
- AB
Above bridges.
- Abt
About.
- ACP
African, Caribbean, Pacific countries.
- Ad val.
Ad Valorem (duty).
- ADCOM/Addcomm
Address commission.
- ADV
Advise
- AF
Advance freight.
- AFRA
Average freight rate assessments.
- AFSPS
Arrival First Sea Piolt Station
- AFT
At or towards the stern or rear of a ship
- AG
Arabian Gulf (also referred to as PG Persian Gulf)
- AGRIPODS
Agricultural products.
- AGW
All going well.
- AGWWP
All going well weather permitting.
- AH
Range of ports between and including Antwerp and Hamburg.
- Ah (AH)
After hatch
- AhL
Australian hold ladders.
- AICS
Associate of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.
- AIMS
American Institute of Merchant Shipping.
- ANTHAM
Antwerp-Hamburg Range
- AOG
Act of God.
- Ap or A/P
Aft perpendicular (of ship); after peak; all purposes; additional premium.
- Apl
American Petroleum Institute.
- APS
Arrival Pilot Station
- APT
After peak tank.
- AR
Antwerp – Rotterdam range.
- AR
Arrived.
- ARA
Antwerp – Rotterdam – Amsterdam range of ports.
- ARAG
Amsterdam-Rotterdam--Antwerp-Gent Range
- ARAGH
Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Ghent.
- ARH
Antwerp – Rotterdam – Hamburg range.
- ARHB
Antwerp – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Bremen range.
- ASA
Always safe(ly) afloat.
- ASAP (asap)
As soon as possible.
- ASBA
Association of Shipbrokers and Agents.
- ATA
Actual Time of arrival
- ATDN
Any time day and night.
- ATDNSHINC
Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays UIncluded
- ATN
Aids to Navigation
- ATRS
American Tank Rate Schedule.
- ATS
Actual time saved or All time saved.
- ATSB/ATSBE
All time saved both ends.
- ATSDO
All time saved loading only.
- ATUTC
Actual Times Used to Count
- AWH
Available workable hatches.
- AWTSBE
All working time saved both ends.
- AWTSDO
All working time saved discharging only.
- AWTSLO
All working time saved loading only.
- AWTWL
All within Institute Warranty Limits.
- B (Bl)
Bale capacity; bale; ballast.
- B S S 1/1
Basis 1 port to 1 port
- B.H.(range)
Range of ports between and including Bordeaux & Hamburg
- b.o.
Buyer's option; broker's order.
- B.P.(bp/b.p.)
Between perpendiculars; boiling point (gases).
- B.S.
Boiler survey; bunker surcharge.
- B.S. & W.
Bottom (or base) sediment and water.
- b/d
Barrels per day.
- B/E
Break even; (customs) bill of entry; bill of exchange.
- B/E (Bends)
Both ends.
- b/h
Barrels per hour.
- B/L/b lading (Bs/L)
Bill of Lading (plural of B/L).
- B/N (b/n)
Booking note.
- B/O (b/o)
Bulk/oil carrier.
- B/R
Bordeaux of Rouen.
- BA
Buenos Aires.
- BACAT
Barge aboard catamaran
- BAF
Bunker Adjustment Factor
- Bar (brl)
Barrel.
- BB
Ballast bonus; bar bound; below bridges; bulbous bow; bareboat, bare boat charter
- BBB
Before Breaking Bulk
- BBCD
Bareboat-cum-demise.
- BC
British Columbia; British Channel.
- BD
Bar draft, below deck.
- BDI
Both dates (days) inclusive (or included).
- BEAM
The maximum breadth of a ship
- BENDS
Both Ends (Load & Discharge Ports)
- BENELUX
Belguim, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
- Bext.
Breadth extreme.
- BFI
Baltic Freight Index
- BFO
Bunker fuel oil.
- BH (B/H)
Bill of health; bulkhead.
- BHF
Bulk harmless fertilizers.
- Bhp (BHP)
Brake horse power (oil engines).
- Bi/Bl
Both inclusive.
- BIBO
Bulk in, bag out.
- BIFFEX
The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange
- BIMCO
Baltic & International Maritime Council
- BK
Bar keel.
- BL
Bale
- BL
Bill of Lading
- BLK
Bulk.
- BLSEA
Baltic Sea.
- BLST (BST)
Ballast.
- BM
Beam
- BOA
Berthing on arrival.
- BOB
Bunker on Board
- BOD
Board of Directors.
- BOFFER(S)
Best Offer(s)
- BOR
Bunkers on re-delivery.
- BORO
Bulk, Oil and roll-on, roll-off vessel.
- BROB
Bunkers Remaining on Board
- BS
Broken Stowage
- BSS
Basis
- BSS 1/1
Basis 1 Port to 1 Port
- BST
British Summer Time, British Standard Time.
- BT (bt)
Berth terms.
- BTD
Butadiene (cargo for gas carrier).
- BTU
British Thermal Unit.
- BW/BWA
Brackish water/ brackish water allowance.
- BWAD
Brackish Water Arrival Draft
- BWDD
Brackish water departure draft.
- C
Shine, Sundays and holidays included.
- C & F (CFR)
Cost and freight.
- C and/or J
China and/or Japan.
- C of B
Centre of Buoyancy
- C&F
Cost and Freight
- C&F FO
Cost & Freight Free Out
- c.f.g
cubic feet of gas
- c.f.g.d./hr./min
cubic feet of gas per day / hour / minute
- c.f.hr./sec.
cubic feet per hour/second
- C.I.F.
Cost, insurance and freight.
- C.I.F. & E.
Cost, insurance, freight and exchange.
- C.I.F.F.I.
Cost, insurance, freight, commission and interest.
- C.I.F.F.O.
Cost, insurance, freight, and free out.
- C.I.F.I. & E.
Cost, insurance, freight, interest and exchange.
- c.i.f.l.t. (CIFLT)
Cost, insurance and freight, London terms.
- c.m.p.s
centimetres per second
- C.O
Country of origin; cargo oil; case oil
- c.o.d.
Cash on delivery.
- C/N
Credit Note
- C/P (c/p orCP)
Charter party.
- C/V/E
Cable, victuals and entertainment.
- CABAF
Currency and bunkering adjustment factors.
- CABE (cabe)
Charterer's agents both ends.
- CAF
Currency adjustment factor.
- CAN
Calcium ammonium nitrate (cargo).
- CAR (CARIB)
Carribean Islands.
- CB & H Cont. (BH)
Continent between Bordeaux and Hamburg.
- CBFT (or CFT)
Cubic Feet
- CBM
Cubic Meter
- CBT
Clean ballast tanks
- cc.hr./min
Cubic centimeter per hour/minute
- CD
Customary Despatch
- CENSA(pron.Kensa)
Council of European and Japanese National Shipowners Associations.
- CFR (or C&F)
Cost and Freight
- CH & H
Continent between Le Havre and Hamburg
- CHA
Customs house agent.
- CHINPAC
China Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- CHN
China.
- CHOPT
Charterers Option
- CHRTS
Charterer's
- CIF
Cost, Insurance & Freight.
- CIM
International Convention Concerning the Carriage of Goods by Rail.
- CIP
Carriage and insurance paid to.
- CKD
Completely knocked down
- CLC
Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969.a
- CMI
Comite Maritime International.
- CMR
Convention on the Contract for Intrntnl Carriage of Goods by Road.
- cnr
Charter not reported.
- COA
Contract of Affreightment.
- COACP
Contract of Affreightment Charter Party
- COB
Cargo on board; close of business.
- COD
Cas On Delivery
- COFR
Certificate of Financial Responsibility.
- COGS (COGSA)
Carriage of Goods by Sea (Act).
- COMP
Completing.
- CONFI
Confidential.
- CONS
Consecutive; consumption.
- Cont. (Cont.)
Continent or Europe.
- COP
Custom Of Port
- COW
Crude Oil Washing
- CP (or C/P)
Charter Party
- CPD
Charterers Pay Dues
- CPP
Clean petroleum products.
- CPT
Carriage paid to.
- CQD
Customary Quick Despatch
- CR (cr)
Current rate; carrier's risk.
- CRD
Current rate discharge.
- CRISTAL
Contract Regarding an Interim Settlement to Tanker Liability for Oil Pollution Damage.
- CRL
Current rate of load.
- CRN
Crane
- CROB
Cargo Remaining on Board
- CS
Laden Cape, ballast Suez.
- CSC
International Convention for Safe Containers
- CSD
Closed shelter deck
- CST (c/s)
Centistokes.
- CT
Centre tank; cargo tank; cubic tonnage of a ship.
- CTO
Combined transport operator
- CTR
Container Fitted
- CVO
Certificate of value and origin
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