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TTL
— Total
LTHH
— Liner Terms Hook/Hook (shipping)
MOLCHOPT
— More or Less Charterers Option
DLOSP
— Dropping Last Outwards Sea Pilot
E&OE
— Errors and Omissions Excepted
MIN/MAX
— Minimum/Maximum
WWWW
— Wibon Wccon Wifpon Wipon
SSHINC
— Saturdays Sundays Holidays Included
DWAT
— Deadweight
FDEDANRSAOCLONL
— Freight Deemed Earned, Discountless And Non-Returnable Ship And Or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost
POD
— Proof Of Delivery
C&F
— Cost and Freight
CIP
— Carriage and Insurance Paid to
SSHEX
— Saturdays Sundays Holidays Excluded
DAMFORDET
— Damages for Detention
EXW
— Ex Works
2H
— Second Half
FAS
— Free Alongside Ship
DDU
— Delivery Duty Unpaid
SDR
— Special Drawing Rights
B/L
— Bill of Lading
CHOPT
— Charterers Option
DWT
— Deadweight
ATHWARTSHIPS
— At right angles to the centreline of the ship
FAQ
— Fair Average Quality
IWL
— Institute Warranty Limits
D/O
— Delivery Order
CQD
— Customary Quick Despatch
FDD
— Freight Demurrage Deadfreight
ETS
— Estimated Time of Sailing
COGSA
— U.S. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
AGW
— All Going Well
CPT
— Carriage Paid To
LOI
— Letter of Indemnity
LSD
— Lashed Secured Dunnaged
CAF
— Currency Adjustment Factor
PD
— Paid
MVOCC
— Master Vessel Operating Common Carrier
L/C
— Letter of Credit
ATDNSHINC
— Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays Included
DHDATSBE
— Despatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends
COA
— Contract Of Affreightment
DK
— Deck
DWAT
— DeadWeight All Told
PDPR
— Per Day Pro Rata
PA
— Particular Average
DDP
— Delivered Duty Paid
CFR
— Cost and Freight
FAK
— Freight all kinds
DES
— Delivered Ex Ship
BELOW
— Beneath the deck
APS
— Arrival Pilot Station
NOR
— Notice of Readiness
P&I
— Protection and Indemnity insurance
CFS
— Container Freight Station
DOLSP
— Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot
CSC
— Container Service Charge (shipping)
CKD
— Completely Knocked Down
POL
— Port of Loading
BAF
— Bunker Adjustment Factor
DEQ
— Delivered Ex Quay (shipping)
CWT
— Hundred Weight
AA
— Always Afloat
PCT
— Percent
FD
— Free Discharge
AFSPS
— Arrival First Sea Pilot Station
FCA
— Free Carrier
STEM
— Subject To Enough Merchandise
TBN
— To Be Named
COS
— Cash On Shipment
BM
— Beam
BDI
— Both Dates Inclusive
WCCON
— Whether Customs Cleared or Not
THC
— Terminal Handling Charge
AAAA
— Always Accessible Always Afloat
DHDWTSBE
— Despatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends
LOA
— Length Overall
BL
— Bale
BK
— Bank
ITF
— International Transport Workers' Federation
CONS
— consumption
LT
— Liner Terms
DWT
— Deadweight Ton
OVERBOARD
— Over the side or out of the ship
BIMCO
— Baltic and International Maritime Council
WIPON
— Whether in Port or Not
AHL
— Australian Hold Ladders
DOP
— Dropping Outward Pilot
FCA
— Free Carrier Absorption
AWB
— Air Waybill
ULD
— Unit Load Device
NRT
— Net Restricted Tonnage
FCL
— Full Container Load
CWO
— Cash With Order
DNRCAOSLONL
— Discountless and Non-Returnable Cargo and/or Ship Lost or Not Lost
CPD
— Charterers Pay Dues
SHEX
— Sundays/Holidays Excluded
BWAD
— Brackish Water Arrival Draft
BOFFER
— Best Offer
BOB
— Bunker On Board
AC
— Account Current
BROB
— Bunkers Remaining on Board
MOLOO
— More or Less Owners Option
ADCOM
— Address Commission
CHTRS
— Charterers
NVOCC
— Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier
DAF
— Deliver At Frontier
ASBA
— Association of Ship Brokers and Agents
MTO
— Multimodal Transport Operator
MDO
— Marine Diesel Oil
SF
— Stowage Factor
M/R
— Mate's Receipt
DA
— Disbursement Account
BENDS
— Both Ends (shipping)
NAABSA
— Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground
COACP
— Contract Of Affreightment Charter Party
BT
— berth terms
CROB
— Cargo Remaining on Board
FIOS
— Free In/Out Stowed
OWS
— Owners
ATUTC
— Actual Times Used to Count
CAD
— Cash Against Documents
CTR
— Container Fitted
CR
— Current Rate
CFT
— Cubic Feet
CY
— Currency
LSD
— Landing Storage and Delivery
AFRA
— Average Freight Rate Assessment
FIW
— Free in wagon
DEM
— Demurrage
F&D
— Freight and demurrage
CY
— Container Yard
WIBON
— Whether in Berth or Not
OO
— Owners Option
ANTHAM
— Antwerp-Hamburg Range
PCT
— Percent Crop Treated
SOF
— Statement of Facts
WP
— Weather Permitting
CST
— Centistoke
SUB
— Subject
WLTOHC
— Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming
ELVENT
— Electric Ventilation
IU
— If Used
POD
— Port of Discharge
A/S
— Alongside
WWR
— When Where Ready
WIFPON
— Whether in Free Pratique or Not
BKGE
— Brokerage
PWWD
— Per Weather Working Day
BBB
— Before Breaking Bulk
ROB
— Remaining on Board
FILO
— Free In/Liner Out
DET
— Detention
DWCC
— Dead Weight Cargo Capacity
SHINC
— Sundays/Holidays Included
UU
— Unless Used
MT
— Mertic Tonne
FCA
— Free Carrier Alongside
OBO
— Ore/Bulk/Oil vessel
FIOST
— Free In/Out and Trimmed
FIOT
— Free In/Out and Trimmed
ASN
— Advance Shipment Notice
PAYT
— payment
UUIWCTAUTC
— Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count
USC
— Unless Sooner Commenced
SATPM
— Saturday P.M
AARA
— Amsterdam-Antwerp-Rotterdam Area
DESP
— Despatch
BSS
— Basis
SOC
— Shipper Owned Container
FIO
— Free In/Out
C/P
— Charter Party
AMT
— Air Mail Transfer
MT
— Motor Tanker
ARAG
— Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Gent
BI
— Both inclusive
DAPS
— Days all Purposes
PASTUS
— Past Us
BN
— Booking Note
C/N
— Consignment Note
S/D
— Sight Draft
CRN
— Crane
BKG
— Breakage
COB
— Closing of Business
COP
— Custom of Port
FIT
— Free In Trimmed
QV
— ''quod vide'' (Latin "which see")
WPD
— Weather Permitting Day
FEU
— Forty-Foot Equivalent Unit
WOG
— Without Guarantee
FAA
— Free of All Average
RP
— Reply Paid
ASPW
— Any Safe Port in the World
IUHTAUTC
— If Used, Half Time Actually To Count
T/C
— Time Charter
SATSHINC
— Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included
CBFT
— Cubic Feet
A/D
— After Date
DRK
— Derrick
LOF
— Lloyds Open Form
FAC
— Fast as can
SB
— Safe Berth
CRT
— Cargo Retention Clauses
LCL
— Less Container Loaded
CBM
— Cubic Metres
TBN
— To Be Nominated
RNR
— Rate Not Reported
TC
— Time Charter
EIU
— Even If Used
A/R
— All Risks
M/V
— Merchant Vessel
NCB
— National Cargo Bureau
PHPD
— Per Hatch Per Day
PHD
— Per Hatch per Day
SWAD
— Salt Water Arrival Draft
BM
— Beam, Maximum
RY
— Railway
LS
— Lumpsum Freight
ISPS
— International Ships and Port Security system
COBLDN
— Closing of Business London
FHEX
— Fridays/Holidays Excluded
WWD
— Weather Working Day
CP
— charter-party
NYPE
— New York Produce Exchange
FDIS
— Free Discharge
SRBL
— Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading
FHINC
— Fridays/Holidays Included
DO
— Diesel Oil
SN
— Satellite Navigation
TCP
— Time Charter Party
OSH
— Open Shelter Deck
T/S
— Transhipment
SHPR
— Shipper
FDESP
— Free Despatch
P/N
— Promissory Note
TEU
— Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit
U/W
— Underwriter
DFRT
— Deadfreight
N/O
— No Orders
SWDD
— Salt Water Departure Draft
EC
— East Coast
A/S
— After Sight
SP
— Safe Port
LYCN
— Layday Cancelling Date
CB
— Container Base
YAR
— York Antwerp Rules
PCGO
— Part Cargo
MB
— Merchant Broker
PL
— Partial Loss
WRIC
— Wire Rods In Collis
FIB
— Free Into Barge
PC
— Period of Charter
PUS
— Plus Us
RT
— Revenue Tonne
SID
— Single Decker
CHTR.
— GDS. Charter.
POR
— Port Of Refuge
TNGE
— Tonnage
VPD
— Vessel Pays Dues
SELFD
— Self Discharging
VLGC
— Very Large Gas Carrier
LUMPS
— Lumpsum Freight
TW
— Tween Decker
SD
— Single Decker
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