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