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