Abbreviations and Acronyms

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[A]

@		At (referring to price)
a.a.		Always Afloat
A.B.		Able-bodied seaman
Abdnt.		Abandonment
ABS		Australian Bureau of Statistics
A/C		Account Current
a/c.		Account  
ACAS		Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
Acc.		Acceptance, Accepted
ACII		Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute
ACH		Automated Clearinghouse
A.&C.P.		Anchors and chains provided
ACCI		Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
ACOS		Australian Chamber of Shipping
ACS		Australian Customs Service
Acct.		Account
ACV		Air cushion vehicle (hovercraft)
Add.		Addressed
Ad.val.		Ad Valorem - according to value
a/d		After date
AEN		Administrative Exception Note
AEV		Articles of Extraordinary Value
AF		Advanced Freight
AFTA		{ASEAN} Free Trade Area
Agt.		Agent, Against
AGWI		Atlantic, Gulf, West Indies Limited
a.h.		After hatch
AHF		American hull form (insurance policy)
A/M		Airmail
AMB		Ambassador
AMF		Airport Mail Facility
AML		Absolute maximum loss
AMS		Automated Manifest System
AMSA		Australian Maritime Safety Authority
amt.		Amount
AMVER		Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System
A/o		Account of
AOB		Any one bottom
AOL		Any one loss
AOO		Any one occurrence
AOV		Any one vessel
AOVoy.		Any one voyage
AP		Additional premimum
APEC		Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation
API		Agreement on pre-shipment
APL		As per list
Appd.		Approved
AQIS		Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
AR		All risks
Arr.TL		Arranged total loss
A/S		After sight, Account Sales, Alongside (chartering)
ASEAN		Association of South East Asian Nations
A/T.		American Terms (grain trade)
ATA Carnet	Admission Temporaire - Temporary Admission' Carnet
ATL		Actual Total Loss
Atl.		Atlantic
At.wt.		Atomic weight
Av.		Average, ad valorem (according to value)
Av. Disbts.	Average disbursements
AWB		Air Waybill

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 [B]

B. or B/-		Bale Bag
BAF		Bunker Adjustment Factor
Bal.		Balance
Bar		Barrel
B.B.		Bill Book, Below Bridges
B.B.cl.		Both to blame collision clause
BC		British Columbia, British Corporation
BCor B/Ch.	Bristol Channel
B/F		Bank Draft, Bar draft (grain trade)
BDI		Both days inclusive
Bdls		Bundles
Bds		Boards
B/E		Bill of Exchange, Bill of Entry
BENELUX		Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Economic Union
B/G		Bonded goods
Bg.		Bag
B/H		Bill of Health, Bordeaux to Hamberg inc.
Bk		Bank, Backwardation, Book
BHP		Brake horsepower
BIA		British Insurance Association
BIBA		British Insurance Broker's Assoc.
B/L		Bill of Lading
Bls.		Bales, Barrels
b.m.		Board measure (timber)
B/O		Brought over
BO		Buyer's option.  Branch Office
BOP		Balance of Payment
B/P.		Bills payable
BPB		Bank Post Bill
BR		Builder's risk insurance
B/R		Bills receivable, Bordeaux or Rouen (grain tr)
Brl.		Barrel
BS		Balance Sheet, Boiler Survey
B/S		Bill of Sale, Bill of Store
B/s		Bags, Bales
Bs/L		Bills of Lading
BSRA		Basic Service Rate Additional
B/St.		Bill of Sight
BST		British Standard Time
bt		Berth terms
BTU		Bow Thrust Unit(s)
BThU		British Thermal Unit
BV		Bureau Veritas
B/V		Book Value

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[C]

C		Collected, Currency, Coupon
C/-		Case
CACTLVO		Compromised &/or arranged &/or constructive total loss of vessel only
CAD		Cash Against Documents
CAD/CAM		Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAF		Currency adjustment factor
Canc.		Cancelled
CAP		Common Agricultural Policy or Country Action Plan
CARICOM		Caribbean Community
CB		Cash Book
CB&H		Continent between Bordeaux & Hamburg
CBI		Confederation of British Industry
CBM		Cubic Metre
CC		Civil commotions
CCY		Convertible currency
CD		Country damage
C/D		Commercial Dock, Consular Declaration
C&D		Collected and delivered
CD-R		Compact Disc - Rewritable
CD-ROM		Compact Disc - Read Only Memory
CDV		Current Domestic value
CER		Aus-NZ Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA)
C&F		Cost and Freight
CFR		Cost and Freight
CFRC		Cost, Freight & Commission
cf		Carried forward, cubic feet
cfi		Cost, freight and insurance
Cfo		Channel for orders, Calling for orders
c.ft.		cubic feet
CGA		Cargo's proportion of General Average
CH&H		Continent between Havre & Hamburg
chq.		Cheque
CI		Consular Invoice
C&I		Cost and Insurance
CIE		Captain's Imperfect Entry (Customs)
CIESM		Scientific Exploration of Mediterranean Sea
cif		Cost, insurance and freight
CIFC		Cost, Insurance, Freight and Commission
cifci		Cost, insurance, freight, commission and interest
CIFE		Cost, Insurance, Freight and Exchange
cifLt		Cost, insurance & freight London terms
CIP		Carriage & Insurance paid to (name point)
CIT		Court of International Trade
C &/or J		China and/or Japan
Ck.		Cask
CKD		Completely knocked down
C/L		Craft loss
cld.		Cleared
CM		Cubic Meter, Centimetre
Cmpl.		Completed
C/N		Credit Note, Consignment Note, Cover Note
Co.		Company, County
C/O		Certificate of Origin
COB		Cargo On Board
COCOM		Co-ordinating Committee on Multilateral
C.O.D.		Cash On Delivery
COGSA		Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
Colln.		Collision
Com.		Commission
Consgt.		Consignment
Cont.		Continent of Europe
Cont. (AH)	Continent, Antwerp-Hamburg range
Cont. (B.H.)	Continent, Bordeaux-Hamburg range
Cont. (H.H.)	Continent Havre-Hamburg range
Conv.		Conveyance
C/P		Charter Party, Custom of Port (grain trade)
CPA		Claims Payable Abroad
CPD		Charterers Pay Dues
CPP		Controllable Pitch Propellers
CPT 		Carriage Paid To
CQD		Customary Quick Dispatch
CR		Current Rate, Company's Risk, Carrier's Risk
Cr		Credit, Creditor
CRO		Cancelling Returns Only
CS		Colliery Screened, Cotton Seed
CSC		Container Service Charge
c/s.		Cases
CSD		Closed Shelter Deck
CST		Central Standard Time
CT		Californian terms (grain trade) Countertrade
CTC		Corn Trade Clauses
CTL		Constructive Total Loss
Cts.		Crates
Cu		Cubic (measure)
cum.		With, Cumulative
Cur. Or Curt.	Current
cv		Chief value
C/V		Certificate of Value
CVD		Countervailing Duty
C/VO		Certificate of Value and Origin
CW		Commercial weight
CWO		Cash with order
Cwt.		Hundredweight (measure) U.S.A. is 100lbs.,UK 112 lbs.
C.Y.		Container Yard

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[D]

D/D		Delivery, Delivered
D/A		Deposit Account, Days after Acceptance, Documents against Acceptance,
		Discharge Afloat, Deductible Average
DAA		Documents Against Acceptance,
DAF		Delivered at Frontier
DB		Day Book, (Deals and battens) (timber trade)
DBB		Deals, Batten and Boards
Dbk.		Drawback
D/C		Documentary Credit, Deviation Clause
D/D		Demand Draft, Delivered at Docks, Damage Done
D/d.		Days after due, Days' date
dd		Delivered at Frontier
dd/s.		Delivered sound (grain trade)
DDP		Delivered Duty Paid
DDU		Delivered Duty Unpaid
Ded.		Deductible
Def.a/c		Deferred account
DEIP		Dairy Export Incentive Programme
deld.		Delivered
DES		Delivered ex Ship
DEQ		Delivered ex Quay
Det.		Detained
DF		Direction Finder
d.f.		Dead Freight
DFAT		Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Dft.		Draft
DIFF		Development Import Finance Facility
DIS		Delivered into store
Dis.		Discount
Disbts.		Disbursements
Displ.		Displacement
DK		Deck
d.l.o.		Dispatch loading only
D/N		Debit Note
D/O		Delivery Order
D/P		Document against payment
d.p.		Direct port
DPI		Department of Primary Industries
d.p.r.		Daily pro rata
DPV		Duty paid value
D/R		Deposit Receipt
Dr.		Debit, Debtor, Drawer
D-RAM		Dynamic Random Access memory
DRC		Damaged received in collision
D/s.		Days after sight
D/V		Dual Valuation
D/W		Dock Warrant
d.w.		Dead weight
d.w.c.		Deadweight capacity
DWT		Deadweight tonne
Dy.		Delivery Order

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[E]

EC		European Community
ECGB		East Coast Coal Port (East, Coast of Great Britian
ECI		East Coast Ireland
ECN		Export Clearance Number
ECU		European Currency Unit
ECUK		East Coast of United Kingdom
EDI		Electronic Data Interchange
EDIMI		EDI for Marine Imports
EE		Errors excepted
e. & e.a.		Each and every accident
EEC		European Economic Community
e.&e.l.		Each and every loss
e.&e.o.		Each and eery occurrence
EEZ		Excluvie Economic Zones
EFIC		Export Finance & Insurance Corporation
EFT		Electonic Funds Transfer
EFTA		European Free Trade Association
e.g.		For example
EL		Employer's liability
EMDG		Export Marketing Development Grants Scheme
EMPL		Estimated maximum probable loss
EMS		European Monetary System
EMSS		Export Market Support Scheme
E & OE		Errors and omissions excepted
eohp		Excapt otherwise herein provided
EOQ		Economic ording quantity
EP		European Parliament
EPA		Environmental Protection Agency
EPI		Earned premium income
ERLC		Export Revolving Line of Credit
ERM		Exchange Rate Mechanism
ERV		Each round voyage
ESCAP		Economic & Social Commission
		for Asia and the Pacific
ESD		Echo-sounding device
est.		Estimated 
ETA		Estimated Time of Arrival
EU		European Union
Ex.		Excluding (chartering), Out of, Without, Examined, Exchange, Executed
Exd.		Examined
EXIMBANK	Export-Import Bank of the USA
EXW		Ex Works - the price at which the supplier will supply ex his works.
		It does not include any cartage or delivery
EX W/H		Ex warehousing entry.  Customs. (Nature 30) entry used when goods are 
		duty paid and taken into home consumption

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[F]

fa		Free alongside
faa		Free of all average
fac		Fast as can
FAC		Federal Airports Corporation
Fac		Facultative
Fac/oblig.	Facultative/obligatory
FAK		Freight all Kinds
FAO		Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN)
F & AP		Fire and allied perils
faq		Fair average quality
FAS		Free alongside ship.  First and seconds
FCA		Free carrier
FCAR		Free of claim for accident reported
FCL		Full container loads
fcsrcc		Free of capture, seizure, riots and civil commotions
fc. & s		Free of capture and seizure
FCV		Full contract value
FEU		Forty foot Equivalent Unit (shipping container)
f.d.		Free discharge, Free delivery, Free dispatch, Free docks
F&D		Freight and demurrage
FFA		Free from alongside, Free foreign agency
FFO		Fixed and floating objects
FGA		Foreign General Average
fh		Fore hatch
FI		Free In
fia		Full interest admitted
FIATA		International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
fib		Free into bunkers, Free into barge
FIL		Foreign insurance legislation
fio		Free in and out
fios		Free in and out stowed
fiot		Free in and out trimmed
FIS		Free into store
fit		Free of income tax
fiw		Free in wagon
FLE		Fire, lighting and explosion
FLN		Following lading numbers
fo		For orders, Firm offer, Full out terms
FOB		Free on board
foc		Free on car, Free of charge
FOC		Flag of convenience
fod		Free of damage
FOM		Flag, ownership and managmeent
foq		Free on quay
FOR		Free on rail
FOREX		Foreign Exchange
fort		Full out rye terms (grain trade)
FOS		Free on steamer
FOT		Free on Truck
fow		Free on wagon, First open water
  FP		Floating (or open) Policy Fully paid
FPA		Free of Particular Average
EPT		Forepeak tank
F/R		Freight release
FRA		Forward/Future Rate Agreement
FRC		Free of report casualty
FRP		Fire risk only
frof		Fire risk on freight
Frt		Freight
fsl		Full signed line (insurance)
FSR&CC		Free of strikes, riots and civil commotions
ft		Full terms, foot/feet (measure)
FTA		Free Trade Agreement
Fth.		Fathom
FTZ		Free Trade Zone
fv		Fishing vessel
FVC		Fishing vessel clauses
fwd.		Forward
f.w.d.		Fresh water damage
f.w.l.		Full written line (insurance)
FWT&GD		Fair wear, tear and gradual deterioration
F/X		Foreign Exchange

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[G]

G/A		General Average
G/A con.		General Average contribution
G/A dep.		General Average deposit
GADV		Gross arrived damage value
GASV		Gross arrived sound value
GATS		General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT		General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade
GBL		Government Bill of Lading
G-COCOM	General Licence - COCOM
GCR		General cargo rates
GDP		Gross domestic product
GF		Government Form (chartering)
gfa		Good fair average
gmb		Good merchantable brand
gmq		Good merchantable quality
GMT		Greenwich Mean Time
GNP		Gross National Product
gob		Good ordinary brand
gr.		Grain, Goss
GRT		Gross Register Tonnage
Gr.T.		Gross ton
GS		Good safety
GST		Goods and Services Tax
gsm		Good sound merchantable
guar.		Guaranteed
GV		Grande Vitesse (fast train)
Gy.C.		Gyro compass

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[H]

HA or D		Havre, Antwerp, or Dunkirk
HAWB		House air waybill (issued by the freight forwarder covering the 
		individual shipments within a consolidation)
Hbr.		Harbour
HC		Held cover (insurance)
HCE		Home consumption Entry
HCV		Home Consumption Value
HGV		Heavy Goods Vehicle
H/H		Havre to Hamburg house to house
hhd.		Hogshead
hk.		Hook damage
H & M		Hull and machinery
H & O		Hook and oil damage
HP		Horse power
H.P		House to Pier
HPN		Horse-power nominal
HS		Harmonized System
HSSC		Heating, seating spontaneous combustion
HT		Half-time survey
HTS		Harmonized Tariff Schedule
HW		High Water
HWD		Heavy weather damage
HWM		High water mark
HWOST		High water ordinary spring tides

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[I]

IAN		Import Advice Note
IB		Invoice Book, In Bond
IBC		Institute Builders' Clauses
IC & C		Invoice cost and charges
ICES		International Council for Exploraion of the sea
ICFU		International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICI		Imperial Chemicals Industries
ICS		Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
IDA		International Development Association
IDC		Irrevocable Documentary Credit
i.f.		In full
IFC		Institute Freight Clauses, International Finance Corporation
IGO		Indicated horse-power
IIL		Insurance Institute of London
ILA		International Longshoremen's Assoc
ILO		International labour organisation
ILU		Institute of Londer Underwriters
IMCO		Int. Maritime Codes Organisation
IMF		International Monetary Fund
in.		Inch
Int.		Interest
i/o.		In and/or overdeck
iop		Irrespective of percentage
i and/or o	In and/or overdeck
IPR		Intellectual Property Rights
IPRC		Institute Clauses
IR		Inland Revenue
IRS		Indian Register of Shipping
ISBN		International Standard Book Number
ISC		Intermodal Service Charge
ISDN		Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO		International Standards Organisation
ITC		Institute Time Clauses (Hulls)
		International Trade Commission
ITU		International Telecommunications Union
i.v.		Involice value, Increased value
IVC		Institute Voyage Clauses (Hulls)
IYC		Institute Yacht Clauses

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[J]

	
J/A		Joint Account
Jett.		Jettison
JETRO		Japan External Trade Organisation
j. & w.o.		Jettison and washing overboard

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[K]

KD		Knocked down
KDC		Knocked down condition
kHz.		Kilohertz
KID		Key Industry Duty 
KDF		Knocked down flat
KGS		Kilogram(s)

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[L]

L/A		Letter of Authority, Landing Account, Lloyd's Agent
LANBY		Large automatic navigation buoy
LASH		lighter aboard ship
LAT		Linseed Association Terms
lat.		Latitude
LATF		Lloyd's American Trust Fund
Lb(s)		Pound(s) (weight)
LC		London clause (chartering), Label clause
L/C		Letter of credit
LCIA		London Court of International Arbitration
LCL		Less container load
LCTA		London Corn Trade Association
L.d.d.		Loss during discharge
L.def.		Latent defect
ldg.		Loading
Ldg.&Dely.	Landing and delivery
L.d.l.		Loss during loading
lds.		Loads
Leg.Chgs		Legal charges
LHAR		London, Hull, Antwerp or Rotterdam
LI		Letter of Indemnity
Liab.		Liability
LIP		Life Insurance Policy
Lkge&Bkge	Leakage and breakage
Ll.&Cos.		Lloyd's and Companies
LLT		London landed terms
LMC		Lloy's machinery certificate
l.m.c.		Low middling clause (cotton trade)
LMCC		Lloyd's machinery certificate continuous survey
LNG		Liquefied Natural Gas carrier
l.n.y.d.		Liability not yet determined
LOA		Length Overall
LOI		Letter of Indemnity
LOL		Loss of life
LO/LO		Lift on/Lift off
long		longitude
L.S.		Lump Sum
L.T.L.		Less than truckload
L.T.L.		Long Ton (2240 lbs)

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[M]

MAWB		Mater airwaybill (issued by the airline covering a consolidation of cargo)
MFN		Most favoured nation
Min		Minimum
Min B/L		Minimum Bill of Lading
Min. wt		Minimum weight
MIP		Marine Insurance Policy
M.O.		Money Order
MOU		Memorandum of Understanding
MR		Mate's receipt
mst or msmt	Measurements
MT		Mail Transfer, Marine Terminal
MT		Metric tonne 2204.6 lbs
MTO		Multimodal Transport Operator, Multilateral Trade Organisation
M3		Cubic metre
MV or mv		Motor vessel

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[N]

NAFTA		North American Free Trade Agreement
N/A		No advice, Not applicable
NATO		North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NCV		No commercial value
NCV		No customs value
ND		No discount
ne		Not exceeding
Nei		Not elsewhere included
Nes		Not elsewhere specified
Net wt		Net weight
N/F		No funds
NIC's		Newly Industrializing Countries
No		Number
nop		Not otherwise provided
N.O.S.		Not otherwise specified
NT		Net Ton
N/t		Net terms
NTB's		Non-Tariff Barriers
NVD		No value declared
NVOCC		Non vessel owning common carrier

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[O]

	
O.B.L.		Ocean Bill of Lading
O/C		Overcharge
OECD		Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPEC		Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
O/R		Over-riding commission
OR		Owner risk, Original rate
O/S		On sample, Out of stock, On sale or return
OSD		Open shelter deck
OT		Open Top
O/t.		Old terms (grain trade) On truck
OWC		On Wheels Charge
Oz.		Ounce

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[P]

	
P		Package
P/A		Particular Average, Power of Attorney, Private Account
Pac.		Pacific coast ports
PAN		Premium advice note
PAG		Payment on arrival of goods
PB		permanent Bunkers
PC		Per Container
P/C		Price Current, Petty Cash, per cent, Particular charges, profit commission
PD		Port dues
pd.		Passed, Paid
Pers.Acc.		Personal Accident
P/H		Pier to House
PI		Personal Injury
PIA		Peril insured against
Pkg(s)		Packages
Pilf.		Pilferage
PL		Public Liability
P.L		Partial Loss
P&I		Protection and indemnity, Principal & Interest
P & L		Profit and Loss
PLA		Port of London Authority
pm		Premium
PML		Probable maximum loss
P/N		Promissory note
p.o.c.		Port of call
POD		Pay on delivery, Port of distress
P/P		Pier to Pier
pp		Parcel Post, Purchase Price
ppd		Prepaid
ppi		Policy proof of interest
ppt		prompt loading
PR		Port Ricks, Prorata
PRC		People's Republic of China
Prem.Red		Premiums reducing
Prem.Res		Premium reserve
Prof.Com		Profit commission
P/S		Public sale
PST		Pacific Standard Time
PSV		Post-Shipment Verification
PT		Per Trailer
PT20		Per 20 Foot Trailer/Container
PT40		Per 40 Foot Trailer/Container
p.t.		Private Terms
PU&D		Pick Up and Delivery
PV		Petite Vitesse (slow train)

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[Q]

Qlty.		Quality
qn.		Quotation
QR's		Quantitative Restrictions
Qty		Quantity

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[R]

R		Rail Ramp
R/A		Refer to acceptor
RAM		Ramdon Access Memory
RAT		Rapeseed Association Terms
RBP's		Restrictive Business Practices
R.&C.C.		Riots and civil commotions
RCP		Rate combination point
RCC&S		Riots and civil commotions
R/D		Refer to drawer
r.d.		Running days
RDC		Running down clause
R&D		Research and Development
Ref.		Refrigerating machinery
res.		Residue
RFQ		Request for Quotation
RI		Registro Italiano
R/I		Reinsurance
RLN		Running landing numbers
r.o.b.		Remaining on Board
ROD		Rust, oxidation and discolouration
ROM		Read only Memory
Ro-ro		Roll-on/Roll-off
Rotn. No		Rotation number
R.R.		Railroad
R/p.		Return of posts for orders
RP		Return premium
RS		Revised Statutes (USA)
RT		Rye Terms
RTA		Rubber Trade Association
RWA		Returned Without Action

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[S]

SA		Salvage Association
S/A		Subject to acceptance (insurance)
s/a		Subjecto to approval, Safe arrival
SAA		Standards Association of Australia
SB		Short Bill
SBM		Single buoy mooring
sbs		Survey before shopment,
sc		Salvage Charges
SCA		Settlement of claims abroad
SCA		Sea Cargo Automation
Sch.		Schooner
SCR		Specific commission rates
SD		Sea damaged
S.d.		Short delivery
SDR's		Special Drawing Rights (banking)
SED		Shipper's Export Declaration
SET		Selective Employment Tax
S&FA		Shipping and Forwarding Agent
S/Fee		Survey Fee
SG		Ship and goods (insurance)
SGS		Societe General de Surveillance
S Hinc.		Sundays and Holidays included
S.Hex.		Sunday and Holidays excepted
SHP		Shaft horse power
SI		Short Interest, 
S/I		Sum insured
SITC		Standard International Tariff Classification
Sk.		Sack
SL		Salvage loss
SLAC		Shippers load and count
SLI		Shipper's Letter of Instruction
S/L		Sue and labour
sl		Salvage loss
S/L.C.		Sue and labour clause
S/L.Ch.		Sue and labour charges
Sld.		Sailed
SMART		Sydney Maritime Arbitration Rules & Terms
S/N		Shipping Note
SO		Seller's option
SOD		Shipped on deck
SOL		Ship owner's liability
SOLAS		Safety of Life at Sea 
s/0.		Ship owner 
SOS		Service of suit
SP		Sppra Protest
s.p.d.		Steamer pays dues
SRCC		Strikes, riots & civil commotions
SRL		Ship repairers' liability
SS		Steam Ship
S.T.C.		Said to contain
Std.		Standard (timber trade)
Stes.Lab.		Stevedores' liability
stg.		Sterling
stk.		Stock
ste.		Steamer 
Strd.		Stranded
S to S		Station to Station
SV		Sailing vessel
SW		Ship's Weights
SWD		Seawater damage
SWG		Standard wire gauge
Syn.		Syndicate (Lloyd's)

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[T]

T.		Ton of 2,240 lbs
TACM		Transit Air Cargo Manifest
TB		Trial Balance
TBA		To be advised
TBL		Through Transport B/L
T/C		Till countermanded
T & CC		Technical and Clauses Committee
TCI		Time charterer's interest
Tes.		Tierces
TDW		Tonnage deadweight
Tes.		Trade expenses
TEE		Trans. Europe Express
TEU		Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (shipping container)
TF		Tropical freshwater
T&G		Tongued & grooved (timber trade)
TGB		Tongued, groved and beaded
THC		Terminal Handling Charge
TIB		Trimmed in bunkers, Temporary Importation under Bond
TL		Total loss, truck load
TLO		Total loss only
TLVO		Total loss of vessel only
TM		Trademark
T/O		Transfer order
T.O.F.C.		Trailer (on Wheels) Flat Car
TOVALOP		Tanker Owners' Voluntary Agreement Concerning Liability for Oil Pullution
TPi		Tons per inch
TP Lab.		Third party liability
TPND		Theft, pilferage & non-delivery
TQ		Tale Quale (as found)
Tr.		Trustee
TR		Tons Registered
T/S		Transhipment
t & s		Touch and stay
TT		Telegraphic transfer
TTF		Timber Trade Feredation
.T.S.		Telegraphic transfer selling rate
TTY		Treaty (reinsurance)
TWMC		Transport, wages, maintenance & care

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[U]

U/A		Underwriting account
U/C		Under construction
u.c.b.		unless caused by
UCPDC		Uniform Customs & Practice for Documentary Credits
U/D		Underdeck
UK		United Kingdom
UK/Cont.		United Kingdom & Continent
Ukfo		United Kingdom for orders
UK.HAD		United Kingdom, Havra, Antwerp or Dunkirk
ULCC		Ultra large crude carrier
ULD		Unit Load Device - Airfreight Container
UN		United Nations
UNCLOS		UN Conference on the Law of the Sea
UNCTAD		UN Conference on Trade & Development
UNDP		UN Development Programme
UNDRO		UN Disaster Relief Co-ordinator
UNEP		UN Environment Programme
UNL		Ultimate net loss
u/o.		Use and occupancy
u.p.		Under proof
U/R		Under repair
URC		Uniform Rules for Collection
UT		Unlimited transhipment
uw		Underwriter

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[V]

VAT		Value Added Tax
VC		Valuation Clause
Vd.		Valued
VFD		Value for duty (Customs)
VHF		Very High Frequency
Viz		Namely
VLCC		Very large crude carrier
v.o.p.		Value as in original Policy
VSC		Vienna Sales Convention
VTS		Vessel Traffic System

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[W]

WA		With average
WB		Water ballast, Warehouse Book, Way Bill
WB/EI		West Britain/East Ireland
w.b.s.		Without benefit of salvage
WCL		World Confederation of Labour
WCSA		West Coast of South America
W/d		Warranted
WIRD		World Import Regulations Directory
WDF		Wireless direction finder
WEU		Western Europe Union
WFG		Wharfage
WFTU		World Federation of Trade Unions
w.g.		Weight guaranteed
WHO		World Health Organisation
W/M		Weight and/or Measurement
WMO		World Meteorological Organisation
WNA		Winter North Atlantic
w.o.b.		Washed overboard
WOL		Wharfowners' liability
w.p.		Without prejudice, Weather permitting
w.p.p.		Waterproof paper packing
WTO		World Trade Organisation
WR		Warehouse receipts
w.r.o.		War risk only
wt.		Weight
Wtd.		Warranged
W/W		Warehouse warrant
WWD		Weather working days

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[X]

x.c.		Ex coupon
x.d.		Ex dividend
x. in.		Ext interest
x. new		Ex new
XS Loss		Excess loss reinsurance

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[Y]

YAR		York, antwerp Rules (General Average)
Yt.		Yacht

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[Z]

(No abbreviations for 'Z')

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