A1 First class 一级 aa always Afloat, All After

EQUIPMT, EQMT Equipment

EQUIV Equivalent

ER Equipment Receipt

E/R Engine Room

ERV Each Round Voyage

ESD Echo Sounding Device

EST Estimate, Eastern Standard Time

ESV Each Single Voyage

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

ETB Estimated Time of Berthing

ETC Estimated Time of Commencement

ETCD Estimated Time of completion of discharging

ETD Estimated Time of Departure

ETL Estimated Time of landing

ETS Estimated Time of Sailing

ETY Empty

EUR Europe

EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community

EVAP Evaporate

EX Example

EXCL, XCL Excluding

EXD Examined, Exchanged, Excluded, Executed

EXEC Executive

EX FACIE In Accordance With The Documents

EX. DIV Without Dividend

EXHV Exhaust Value

EXIM, EI Export Import

EXIM Export Import

EXMD Examined

EXP Expense

EXPLOS Explosive

EXPT, XPRT Export

EX Q Ex Quay

EXS Expenses or Excesses, Ex Ship

EXW Ex Works

【F】

F/A Forward/Afterward

F/A Feeder Additional

FAA Free of All Average

F & AP Fire and Allied Perils

FAA S/C Free of All Average but to Pay Salvage Charges

FAC Facultative, facsimile, Forwarding Agents Commission

F&C Full And Complete(cargo)

FAC OBLIG A Facultative Obligatory Cover

F&D Freight and Demurrage

FAP First Aid Post

FAQ First Average Quality

FAS Free Alongside Ship. Seller delivers goods to appropriate dock or terminal at

port of embarkation and buyer covers costs and risks of loading.

FAS First And Second

FB Freight Bill

FBD Freeboard

FBS Franco Belgian Service

FC Freight Rate Conference

FCA Free to Carrier. A modern equivalent of FAS used in intermodal transport where goods are transferred at a nominated forwarder premises, depot or terminal but not actually put on board vessel.

FCC First Class Charterer

FCH Franchise

FCII Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute

F.CHGS Forwarding Charges

F'CLE DK Forecastle Deck

FCL Full Container Loads

FC/S Free of Capture and Seizure

FCSAD Free of Capture, Seizure, Arrest and Detainment

FCSRCC Free of Capture, Seizure, Riots and Civil Commotions

FCSSRCC Warranted Free of Capture, Seizure Etc, and Of Strike, Riots and Civil

Commotions

FCV Full Contact Value

FD Free Dock, Free Delivery, Free Discharge

FDD Freight Demurrage Deadfreight

FDESP, F/DP Free Despatch

FDF Forced Draft Fan

F/DP Free Despatch

FDIS Free Discharge

FE Far East, Forward End, Full/Empty

FEB Foreign Exchange Bank, February

FEC Far East Conference

FEFC Far Eastern Freight Conference

FEPEM Federation of European Petroleum Equipment Manufacture

FERM Fermentation

FEU Standard 40_ Container

FF,FFR French Franc

FFA Free Form Average, Free From Alongside, Free Foreign Agency

FFCS Fixed Free Contact System

FFD Free From Damage

FFL Fixed & Flashing Light

FFO Fixed and Floating Objects

F.FW Fresh Water, Forward

FGA Foreign General Average, Free of General Average

FGAN Fertilizer Grande Ammonium Nitrate

FH Fore Hatch

F & HE Friday & holidays excepted

FHEX Fridays/Holidays Excluded

FHINC Fridays/Holidays Included

FI Free In, For Instance

FIA Full Interest Admitted

FIAS Free In and Stowed

FIATA International Federation of Forwarding Agent Associations

FIB Free Into Barge

FIBT Free In Berth Terms

FICS Fellow of the institute of Chartered Shipbroker

FIH Free In Harbour

FILO Free In/Liner Out. Seafreight with which the shipper pays load costs and the

carrier pays for discharge costs.

FIN Finnish

FIO Free In/Out. Freight booked FIO includes the seafreight, but no loading /

discharging costs, i.e. the charterer pays for cost of loading/discharging cargo.

FIOS Free In/Out Stowed. As per FIO, but includes stowage costs.

FIOSLS Free In/Out Stowed and Lashed and Secured

FIOST Free In/Out Spout Trimming.

FIOT Free In/Out and Trimmed.

FIP Fair In Place

FIR For Your Reference

FIS Freight Insurance and Shipping Charges

FIT Free In Trimmed, Free of Income Tax

FIW Free In Wagons

FIXING Chartering a Vessel

FLATPACKING Cargo to be presented stacked and secured as an integral unit.

F/L Freight List

FLE Fire Lightening and Explosion

FLG Flag

FLN Following Landing Numbers

FLWG Following

FM Frequency Modulation, Fathoms

FM, EX From

FMC Federal Maritime Commission

FMS Fathoms

FMSWR Flexible Mild Steel Wire Rope

FO (IFO) Fuel Oil/Intermediate FO

FOB Free on Board

FOBOT Free On Board Owners Terms

FOC Flag Of Convenience, Free Of Claims. Free Of Charge

FOD Free Of Damage

FOD ABS Free Of Damage Absolutely

FOFFER Firm Offer

FOG For Our Guidance

FOM Flag, Ownership or Management

FOQ Free On Quay

FOR Free On Rail

FOR & CC Free On Riots and Civil Commotions

FORCE MAJEUR Clause limiting responsibilities of the charterers, shippers and

receivers of cargo.

FORT Free Out Rye Terms

FOS Free On Steamer

FOT Free On Truck, Fuel On Treatment, Fuel Oil Tank

FOW1 First Open Water

FOW2 Free On Wharf

FP Free Port, Floating policy, Fore Part, Flash Port

FPA Free of Particular Average

FPA ABS Free of Particular Average

FPA ABSOLUTELY Free from Particular Average Absolutrly But Including Running Down

INCLUDING RDC Clause

FPA UCB Free from Particular Average Unless Caused By

FPA UNLESS ETC RDC Free from Particular Average Unless Caused By Sinking Stranding, Fire Or

Collision, With Running Down Clause

FPIL Full Premium If Lost

FPIL IP FPIL From An Insured Peril

FPIL PIA FPIL From a Peril Insured Against

FPT Forepeak Tank

FR Frame, Freight Release

FRATE Freight Rate

FRC Free of Reported Casualty

FRCC Free of Riots and Civil Commotion

FREE DESPATCH If loading/discharging achieved sooner than agreed, there will be no

freight money returned.

FREE OUT Free of discharge costs to owners. Includes seafreight only.

FREQ Frequent

FR NO Frame No

FRNT Front

FRO Fire Risk Only

FROF Fire Risk On Freight

FRT Freight

FS Factors Of Safety, Forged Steel

FSF Fellow of Institute Of Shipping and Forwarding Agents

FSL Full Signed Line

FST Floating Storage Tank

FSW Flexible Steel Wire

FSWR Flexible Steel Wire Rope

FT Free Trimming, Freight Ton, Foot/Feet

FTD Fitted

FTH Fathom

FTR Footer

FTW Free Trade Wharf

FV Fishing Vessel

FW Fresh Water

FWAD Fresh Water Arrival Draft

FWAD Fresh Water Atlantic Draft

FWD Freshwater Damage, Forward, Fresh Water Draft

FWDD Fresh Water Departure Draft

FWE Finish With Engine

FWL Full Written Line

FWT Fresh Water Tank

FWT&GD Fair Wear Tear and Gradual Deterioration

FXLE Forecastle

FY Fiscal Year

FYG For Your Guidance

FYI For Your Information

FYR For Your Reference

G/A General Account, General Arrangement

GAA General Average Agreement

G/A CON General Average Contribution

GADV Gross Arrived Damaged Value

GAL General Average Loss

GALV Galvanic, Galvanism, Galvanized

GAQ General Average Quality

GARMT Garment

GARS Gulf of Aden & Redsea

GA/S General Average & Salvage Charge

GA/SC General Average, Salvage & Special Charges

GASV Gross Arrived Sound Value

GATT General Agreement On Tariffs and Trade

GBB Gross Ballast Bonus

GBO Goods In Bad Order

GC General Cargo, Great Circle

GCD Great Circle Distance

G/CPTY Grain Capacity

GCT Greenwich Civil Time

GDS Goods

GEC General Electric Company

GEM Ground Effect Machine

GEN General, Geneva

GENCON Uniform General Charter of the Baltic and International Maritime

Conference

G/ENG Generator Engine

GESAMP Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution

GFA Good Fair Average

G/G DEP General Average Deposit

GLS Gearless

GM Transverse Meter Center Above Center of Gravity

GMB Good Merchantable Brand

GMQ Good Merchantable Quality

GMT Greenwich Mean Time

GNCN General Conditions

GN (or GR) Grain (capacity)

GO Gas Oil

G/O General Overhead

GOB Good Ordinary Brand

GOM GM Deducted by Free Surface Effect

GOV Government, Governor

GP Group

GR Gross or Grain

GR/BALE Grain Bale

GRD Geared

GRNTEE Guarantee

GRT Gross Register Tonnage

GSB Good Safe Berth

GSM Good Sound Merchantable

GSP Good Safe Port

GSW Gross Shipping Weight

GT Gross Term, Gas Turbine, Gross Ton

GTEE Guarantee

GTV Gas Turbine Vessel

GYRO, GYC, GY C Gyro Compass

GZ Righting Level

【H】

HABN Have Been

HANDING Handling

HB Hire Base

HBR Harbour

HC Held Covered

HCMC Ho Chi Min City

HD Head, High Density

HDC High Density Cotton

HDLTSBENDS Half Demurrage Lay Time Saved Both Ends

HDWE Hardware

HDWTS Half Despatch Working (or Weather) Time Saved

HEY Heavy

HF Half, High Frequency

H/H(HO/HA) Hold(s)/Hatch(es)

HHD Hoys Head

HHDW Handy Heavy Deadweight(scrap)

HKCL H.K Container line

HKD Hongkong Dollar

HKG Hongkong

HL Hatch List, Heavy Lift

H/M Hull And Machinery

HMD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

HMS Heavy Metal Scrap

HO Hold, Heavy Oil

H/O Head Office

H & O Hook and Oil Damage

HOR Horizon

HOZ Hazard

HP Horse Power, High Pressure, High Power

HPN Horse Power Nominal

HQTRS/HQ Head Quarters

HR Hour

HRC Hot Rolled Coils

HSS Heavy Grain Sorghum, Soybeans

HT Half Time Survey, Hired Transport, Height, Heat, High Tension

HTGC High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

HV Have

HVF High Viscosity Fuel

HVY Heavy

HVING Having

HW Heavy Weather

HW High Water

HWD Heavy Weather Damage

HWF & C High Water Full and Charge

HWM High Water Mark

HWVR(HEVER) However

HYDROCHARTER Nitrate Charter Parts From Norway To All Places

【I】
IADB Inter-American Development Bank

IAGW If All Going Well

IAW In Accordance With

IB In Bond, Internal Bond, Invoice Book

IBC Institute Clauses For Builder's Risk

IBID In The Same Place(Ibidem)

IBRD International Bank For Reconstruction And Development

IC OR I/C In Commission

I/C Interchange, Initial Course

ICC Institute Cargo Clause, International Chamber of Commerce

IC & C Invoice Cost and Charges

ICGB International Cargo Gear Bureau

IGHCA International Cargo Handling Coordinational Chamber of Shipping

ICS Institute Of Chartered Shipbrokers

ICU May I Come To See You?

IE That Is

IF In Full

IFC Institute Freight Clause

IFEC Italy Far East Conference

IFO Intermediate Fuel Oil

IGA Inter-Group Agreement

IGC International Grain Code

IGS Inert Gas System

IHP Indicated Horse Power

ILA International Longshoremen's Association

ILL CERT International Load Line Certification

ILO International Labours' Organization

ILOHC In Lieu Of Hold Cleaning

ILS Instrument Landing System

ILU Institute London Underwriters

ILWU International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Unions

IMCO Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization

IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

IMF Intermediate Fuel, International Monetary fund

IMM Immediate

IMO International Maritime Organization

IMOL Molasses Charter Party

IMM Immediate

IMPSBL Impossible

IN Inch(es), Insurance

IN&/OR OVER Goods Carried Below Or On Deck

INC Incorporation, Inclose, Including, Inclusive, Increase

INCE Insurance

INCL Including

IND, INDIC Indication

INDEF Indefinite

INF, INFO Information

INM Incidental Non Marine

INS Insurance

INSP Inspection

INST Instant

INSTR Instruction

INSTRMT Instrument

INST WTIES Institute Warranties

INT Interest

INTA-SCALE International Tanker Freight Scale Association

INTL International

INTERMODAL Carriage of a commodity by different modes of transport, i.e. sea, road, rail and air within a single journey. INCOTERMS (Refer comments in covering letter)

INT.QK.FL Interrupted Quick Flashing Light

INV Invoice

I/O In Lieu Of, Instead Of

IO, I & /OR O In and/or over-dock

IOP Irrespective of percentage

IOU I Owe You

IOW In Other Words

IPA Including Particular Average

IPC Institute Time Clauses Hulls Port Risks

IPRC Institute Port Risk Clause

IS Intermediate Survey, Iron and Steel

ISO International Organization For Standardization

IST International Shipping Trusteeship

IT In Transit

ITC Institute Time Clause

ITF International Transport-Worker's Federation

IU If Used

IUAI International Union Of Aviation Insurers

IUHTAUTC If Used, Half Time Actually To Count

IUMI International Union of Marine Insurance

IV Invoice Value, Increased Value

IVC Institute Voyage Clauses Hulls

I/W Idle Working

IWL Institute Warranty Limits

A method of Measuring the Space Capacity of Ro/Ro Ships

IWT Inland Water Transport

IYC Institute Yacht Clause

【J】

JA Justice of Appeal, Joint Account

JAN January

J. AND/OR L.O Jettison And/Or Loss Overboard

JBO Jute Batching Oil

JCS Japanese Shippers Council

JEFC Japan/Europe Freight Conference

JETT Jettison

JHC Joint Hull Committee

JHU Joint Hull Understanding

JKAG Japan, Korea, Atlantic & Gulf Freight

JKT Jakarta

JMC Joint Maritime Commission

JP Justice of The Peace

JPN Japan

JUL,JLY July

JUN June

J & WO, JOWB Jettison & Washing Overboard

JWOB Jettison Washing Overboard

【K】

KD Knock Down

KDC Knocked Down Condition

KDIN Kuwait Diner

KHI Kawasaki Heavy Industries

KMPA Korea Maritime and Port Administration

KNT Knot

KOFMIA Korea Flour Mills Industries Association

KOR Korea

KOSCIA Korea Super Cereal Industries Association

KR Korean Register of Shipping Classification, Krone

KSA Korea Shipowners Association

KSCT Korea Shipping Container and Trucking Co., Ltd

KS LINE Korea Shipping Corporation

KST Korea Standard Time

KT Kilo ton

【L】
L Lumber, lloyd

L/A Landing Account, Letter of Authority

L.A Los Angeles

LANBY Large Automatic Navigation Buoy

LASH Lighter Aboard Ship

LANE METER whereby Each Unit of Space (Linear Meter) is represented by an area of deck

1.0 meter in length x 2.0 meters in width.

LASH To hold goods in position by use of Ropes, Wires, Chains or Straps etc.

LAT Latitude

LBP Length Between Perpendicular

LBS Pounds

LC London Clause

L/C Letter Of Credit, Lay/can

LCB Longitudinal Center of Buoyancy from A.P.

LCD Leasing Company Clause

LCF Longitudinal Center of Floatation From A.P.

LCG Longitudinal Center Of Gravity

LCL Less Than a Container Loads

L/D Loading/Discharging

L/D Loss and Damage

LD Load Draft. Light Displacement

LDD Loss During Discharge

L/DEF Latent Defect

LDG Loading

LDG/DELY Landing & Delivery

LDN London

LDO Light Diesel Oil

LDR Leader

LDS Loads

LDT Loss During Transit

LEG CHGS Legal Charge

L/G Letter of Guarantee

LH, LHD Lower Hold

L/I, LOI Letter of Indemnity

LIAB Liability

LIBA Lloyd's Insurance Brokers' Association

LIFO Last in First Out, Liner In Free Out

LJA Line's Joint Account

LKGE Leakage

LKG(E) & BKG(E) Leakage & breakage

LKR Laker(오대호 통항가능 VSL)

LLA Line's Local Agent

LLC London Lighterage Clause

LLDS Lloyd's

LLL. REP Lloyd's List Law Report

LM Last Month

LMAA London Maritime Arbitrators' Association

LMC Lloyd's Machinery Certificate

LMC CS Lloyd's Machinery Certificate continuous survey

LMG Liquified Methane Gas

LMT Local Mean Time

LNG Liquified Natural Gas

LNYD Liability Not Yet Determined

LO Lubricating Oil

LOA Length Overall Of The Vessel

LOC Local Operations Committee

LOH Loss Of Hire

LOL Loss Of Life

LONG Longitude

LONG BHD Longitudinal Bulkhead

LONGL Longitudinal

LONG MT Longitudinal Moment

LOW Last Open Water

L/P Low Pressure

LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas

LPO Lloyd's Policy Office

LPS Loading Port Survey

LPSM Lump Sum

LPT Loading Port

LRMC Lloyd's Refrigerating Machinery Certificate

L/R, L.R Loading Report, Loss Ratio

L/S Lump sum or Lump sum Charter

L/S Longshoreman

LSCLS Livestock Clause

LSHW LIAB Longshoremen's and Harbour Worker's Liability

LT Liner Traffic, Landed Terms

L/T Long Term, Long Ton

LTD Limited

LT/D Lower Tween Deck

LTDW Long Ton Dead Weight

LTGE Lighterage

LTL Less Than Trailer Load

LTR Lighter, Letter

LT SHP Light Ship

LTS Lay Time Saved

LT-V Light Vessel

L/U Laid Up

L/U AGRMT Leading Underwriter Agreement

LS (or LUMPS) Lumpsum

LSD Lashed Secured Dunnaged

LT Liner Terms

L/UW Leading Underwriter

LUA Lloyd's Underwriter's Association

LUCO Lloyd's Underwriter's Claim Office

LVL Level

LW Low Water, In Lieu Weighing

LWL Load Water Line, Low Water Level

LWOST Low Water, Ordinary Spring Tides

LWR Lower

LYCN Laycan (Layday Cancelling Date)

【M】
MA Mechanical Advantage

M/A My account

MACH Machinery

MAJ Major

MAL D Malicious Damage

MARPOL 1973 International Convention For The Prevention of Marine Pollution from

Ship 1973

MALPRA Malpractice

MAR Marine, March

MAX Maximum

M/F Manifest

MB Merchant Broker, Motor Boat

MBD Machinery Breakdown

M/C Metalling Clause, Machinery Certificate

MCHY DGE Machinery Damage

MD Mean draft, Months After Date, Midship Draft

M/D Memorandum of Deposit

MDO (DO) Marine Diesel Oil

MDNT Midnight

MDSE Merchandise

M/E Main Engine

MEC Marine Extension Clause

MEAST Measurement Tons

MED Mediterranean Sea

MEDCON Chamber of Shipping East Coast Coal C/P 1921

MEDITORE Timber C/P From White Sea to U.K

MEM Member

MEMO Memorandum

M/F Manifest

MFG Manufacturing

MFO Marine Fuel Oil

MGO Marine Gas Oil

MGR Manager

MGT Management

MH Main Hatch

MHI Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

MHWS Mean High Water Spring Tide

MI Marine Insurance

MIA Marine Insurance Act 1906

MID Middle

MIC Man In Charge

MIN/MAX(M/M) Minimum/Maximum (cargo quantity)

MIN DEP Minimum And Deposit premium

MIN. WT Minimum Weight

MIP Marine Insurance Policy

MISC Malaysian International Shipping Cooperation, Miscellaneous

MITE Might

MIXT Mixture

M/L.MOL, MOLES More or Less

MLB Mini Land Bridge

MLD Moulded

MM Merchant Marin

M/M Made Merchantable

MNTIME Meantime

MOA Memorandum Of Agreement

MODIF Modification

MOA Memorandum Of Agreement

MOD Modern

MODIF Modification

MOLCO(MOLCHOP) More or Less Charterer's Option

MOLOO More or Less Owner's Option

MOM Middle Of Month

MOP Muriate Of Potassium

MPACk Missing Package

MPC Manifesto Policing Committee

MPG Miles Per Gallon

MPH Miles Per Hour

MPL Maximum Probable Loss

MPPS Multipurpose

MR Master Receipt

M/R Mean Rate, Mate's Receipt

MRU Much Regret, I Am Unable

MS Machinery Survey, Merchant Shipping

M/S Motor Ship

MSA Merchant Shipping Act

MSC Manchester Ship Canal

MSD Marine Sanitation(Sanitary) Device

MSG Message

MST, MSRMT Measurement

M/T Metric Tonne (i.e. 1,000 kilos)

MT Measurement Ton, Moment, Empty, Midship Tank

MTC Moment to Change Trim One Centimeter

MTG Meeting

MTGOR Mortgagor

MTIME, MT Meantime

MTL Mean Tidal Level

MTM In The Meantime

MTR Matter

M/V, MV Motor Vessel

MVSSL Mother Vessel

M & W Marine And War Risks

MWHILE Meanwhile

MXD Mixed

MYN Minimum

【N】
N And

NA No Acceptance

N/A Not Applicable

NAA Not Always Afloat

NAABSA Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground

NAD No Apparent Defect

NAUT Nautical

NAV Navigating Or Navigation

NB Neutral Body, Nota Bene(take note)

NB New Building

NBR(NR) Number

NC No Combo(combination port), New Charter

NCAR No Claim For Accident Reported

NCAD Notice Of Cancellation At Anniversary Date

NCB No Cargo On Board

NCB National Cargo Bureau

NCC No Collecting Commission

N-CONE Non Conference

NCV No Commercial Value

ND Non Delivery

NDAS No D.O at Sea

NDB New Donkey Boiler

NDW Net Deadweight

NE No Effects

NEG Negligence

NEGO Negotiation

NEI Not Elsewhere Included

NEP Not Elsewhere Provided

NES Not Elsewhere Specified

NESTING Implies that cargo is presented stacked in the contour of similarly shaped

cargo, it may be likened to a stack of plates. This is particularly relevant in the presentation of tankage strakes for transport.

NFA No Further Action

NFB No Fuse Braker

NHP Nominal Horse Power

NIL Nothing, Zero

NITE Night

NK Not Known

NKR Norway Krone

NLUR No Lying Up Returns

NM Non Marine or No Mark

N/M No Mark

NMA Lloyd's Non Marine Association

NN, N/N Not North of, No Name, No Number

NNSS Navy Navigation Satellite System

NO B.N.A Warranted the Vessel is not Calling at British North American Ports or Places