Glossary of Marine Terms INDEX Search A A Frame AA AA (Always afloat, always accessible) Abaft Abaft the beam Abandon ship Abeam Able bodied seaman (AB) About Abreast Accommodation ladder Act of God Actual Total Loss Address commission (Adcom) Admiral Adrift Advance freight Affreightment Afloat Aframax Aft Aft Peak Tank AG (Arabian Gulf) Agency fee Aground AH range Air Draft Airband Alien species All hands All told Aloft Alongside Always accessible Always accessible berth(s) Always afloat Amidships (or ‘Midships’) AMVER AMWELSH (Americanised Welsh Coal Charterparty) Anchor Anchor bar Anchor chain Anchor cock-bill Anchor lights Anchor watch Anchor's aweigh Anchorage Angle of repose Anti-pollution clauses Anti-static additive Anti-static additive APS (Arrival Pilot Station) ARA (Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam) Arbitration agreement Arbitration clause Arrived ship Articles of Agreement ASBA ASBA II (ASBATANKVOY) ASBATIME Ashore Assembly station Astern At anchor Athwartships ATRS AUSREP Australian holds ladders Auto ignition temperature Auto-ignition Aweigh Awning AWRI Additional War Risk Insurance Aye, aye, sir Show all ( 68 ) Collapse Terms B Backing (of wind) Backstays Bagging of cargo Bail Ballast Ballast bonus (BB) Ballast Management Record Ballast Movement Ballast Passage Ballast Pump Ballast Tanks Ballast water Baltic Exchange Baltic Freight Index (BFI) Baltic International Freight Futures Index (BIFFEX) BALTIME Bar draught Bareboat charter BARECON A BARECON B Barge Barrel Batten down BBB (Before breaking bulk) Bdi (Both days included) Beaching Beam Beam Knees Beam wind Beams Bear a hand Bearers Bearing Bearing Pintle Becalmed Belly strap Below bridges (BB) Beneficial owner Berth Berth Charter Berth note or Booking note Berth rates or Liner rates Berth terms Bilge Bill of Lading BIMCO Binnacle Bitter end Bitts Blast Blind sector Block Blue Certificate Boarding arrangements Boarding speed Bob cat Boilers Bollard Bonafide Bonded Stores Bonding Boom cradle Boot topping Boss Plate Bosun Bosun's chair Bosun's locker Both Ends Both to Blame collision clause Bow Boxing the compass Boycott Clause Brackish water arrival draught (BWAD) Breach of contract Breach of warranty of authority Break ground Breakbulk (cargo) (BB) Breaking bulk (BB) Breaking strength Bridge Bridge Team Briefing Broker Brokerage (or Commission) Brush discharge Bulbous Bow Bulk Cargo Bulk Chemical Code Bulk density Bulkheads Bulldog grip (wire rope grips) Bunker clauses Bunkers Buoy Butterworth Tank Cleaning System Cargo Breaking Bulk Clean Ballast Dirty Ballast Permanent Ballast Propeller Boss Show all ( 95 ) Collapse Terms C Cable Call Letters Calm Camber Canceling Date Cancellation Clause Cancelling date or Laycan CANTING CANTING LIVRE Capacity Plan Capping Capsize Capstan Captain Cardinal buoy Cardinal points Cargo Capacity Cargo manifest Cargo Plan Cargo Pump Cargo Record Book Cargo Securing Manual Cargo stowage plan Cargoes which may liquefy Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA) Cast off Casualty Cathodic protection Catwalk Center Tanks Centerline Centrifugal Pump CENTROCON Certificate of Delivery and Redelivery Cesser clause Cesser Clause Chafing gear Chain locker Charter Charter Party Charterer Charterer's account Chartering Chemical tanker Chief mate Chock CHOPT (Charterer's option) Classification Society Clean Ballast Clean charter Clear Days Cleat Clingage CLOSE QUARTERS CMI (Comite Maritime International) COA (Contract of Affreightment) Coast Earth Station (CES) Coff Plate Cofferdam Cold work Collision Bulkhead Combination carrier Combination carriers (OBO) Combustible Combustible gas indicator Company Concentrates Consignee Consignment Consignment clause Consignor Consortium Constructive Total Loss Container Container Packing Certificate Container spreader beam Contamination Convenient speed Conveyor system coral reefs Corner fitting Corona COSPAS-SARSAT Course Course made good Crash-stop Critical structural areas Crow's nest Crude Oil Washing Cubic Capacity Custom of the Trade Customary despatch (CD or CQD) Customs Whether Customs cleared or not (WCCON) Show all ( 88 ) Collapse Terms D D1/2D (DHD) Despatch half Demurrage Damages for Detention Dangerous area Datum Datum marker buoy Davits Dead ahead Dead light Dead reckoning (DR) Dead water Dead wind Deadfreight Deadweight charters Deadweight Tonnage Deck Deck Log Deck Officer Deck Stores Deep Sea Pilot Deep Tank Deep Water Route Delegates non potest delegare Demise Charter Demurrage Derelict Designated Person Ashore Despatch days Despatch money Deviation Deviation clause DGNSS Dirty Ballast Disabled Dispatch Dispatch Days Displacement Disponent owner Disponent Owner Distance freight Distress alert Distress freight Distress signal DLOSP (Dropping Last Outward Sea Pilot) Dock Charter Doctrine of Proximate Clause Document of Authorization Document of Compliance (dangerous goods) Doldrums Dolphin mooring post DOP (Dropping Outward Pilot) Double bottom Double Bottom Tank Double up Draft (Draught) Draftage Dragging (of anchor) Dreadage or Dreading Clause Dressing ship Drumhead Dry Certificate Dry dock DSC Duct Keel Dumping Dungarees Dunnage DWAT (Deadweight All-Told) DWCC (Deadweight Cargo Capacity) Dynamic Positioning Norske Veritas (DNV) Show all ( 65 ) Collapse Terms E E.i.u. (Even if used) Earthing ECA El Niño Elongated spreader Employment and Indemnity clause Employment and Indemnity clause Enclosed space Enclosed space Enclosed space entry permit Ensign Entry permit EPIRB Equipment Number Escalation clause or Escalator clause ETA ETD Even Keel Excepted Exceptions clause Explosimeter Explosion proof Explosion Proof Explosive range Express terms Show all ( 20 ) Collapse Terms F FAC (Fast as can) FAC (Fast as can) Fairway Fairway speed False alarm False alert Fathom Fender Fetch FHEX FHEX FHINC FHINC FILO (Free in liner out) FILO (Free in liner out) First Open Water (FOW) Fix Fixture Flag FLAIRING Flame arrester Flame screen Flame Screen (or Arrester) Flammable liquid Flammable range Flashlight Flashpoint Flexible boxship Flooding Floor Flow moisture point Flow state Flowrate Fo'c'sle Fog horn FONASBA Force Majeure FORE FORE AND AFT Fore Foot Fore peak Fore Peak Tank FORECASTLE Forum clause Foul anchor Frames Free alongside (FAS) Free Discharge Free in and out (FIO) Free on Board Free Pratique Freeboard Freeing port Freight Fuel Oil Full speed Show all ( 51 ) Collapse Terms G Galley Ganger Length Gangway Gantline Gantry crane Garboard strake Gas carrier Gas free Gas Free Gas free certificate Gas Free Certificate General Arrangement Plan General Average General emergency alarm General Operator Certificate (GOC) Geodetic Datum Geographical Rotation Gipsey Give way GMDSS GNSS Grab discharge Grain capacity Grating Green sea Gross Tonnage Ground tackle Grounding GUNWALE Gusset Plates Show all ( 25 ) Collapse Terms H Hague Rules and Hague-Visby Rules Half cardinal points Hamburg Rules Hampered vessel Hand lead Handy Size Harbor Dues Hat Box Hatch Hatchless holds HATCHWAYS Hawse (hawse pipe) Hawse buckler Hawser Hazardous area Heading Heating Coils Heaving line Heavy grains, Soya beans and Sorghums (HSS) HEEL HELM HHDWS (Heavy handy deadweight scrap) Hire Hog (Hogging) HOLD Holiday Horse latitudes Hot work Hot work Permit HULL Hurricane HW Hydrocarbon Gas hydrostatic release mechanism Hypothermia Show all ( 30 ) Collapse Terms I IBC Code Certificate Ice Clause IGC Code Ignition point ILO IMDG IMO IMO Class Implied terms Inert Condition Inert Gas Plant Inert Gas System (IGS) Inerting Inmarsat Inmarsat Mobile Number Inmarsat-A Inmarsat-B Inmarsat-C Inmarsat-E Inmarsat-M Inshore Traffic Zone Insulating Flange Intake Certificate Intaken measure INTERCOA 80 Interface Detector International Loadline Certificate Intertanko Intrinsically Safe ISGOTT ITF (International Transport Workers Federation) Show all ( 26 ) Collapse Terms J Jacob’s ladder JASREP Jettison Jetty Joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC) Jolly Roger Jumbo Derrick Jump ship Show all ( 3 ) Collapse Terms K Keel Keel haul Keep a sharp look-out Kilindo rope King spoke Knock off Knot Show all ( 2 ) Collapse Terms L International Loadline Certificate Labor LABOURSOME Land Earth Station (LES) Landlubber Lanyard Lashing Last known position LAUNCHING LAUNCHING PLANKS Lay days Laytime Leeward Leeway Length Between Perpendiculars (LBP) Length Overall Let go Letter of Protest (LOP) Lien Clause Life line Lifeboat station Lifting beam Lighterage Lightering Limit switch Limited Liability Liquid substances List Lloyd’s Register of Shipping Load density plan Load Displacement Load Line Load on Top Load on Top Practice Load on Top Procedure Loaded Passage Loading over the top Loading Rate Log Logbook Long Ton Longitudinal Longshoreman Lookout Loran C Lower flammable limit (LFL) Lubber line Lyle gun Show all ( 43 ) Collapse Terms M Make colors MALLET Man ropes Manhole Manila Manoeuvring speed Marine Surveyor Maritime Law Marlinspike Marry MARVS Master Masthead Masthead light Mate’s Receipt Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Maximum angle of heel Maximum permissible payload MAYDAY Mean Draft MEDEVAC MEDICO Messenger Messman META CENTRE Metric Ton Midship Draft MMSI MMSI Moisture content Moisture migration Molded Depth Monkey fist Monkey island Mooring Mooring Line MRCC MSI Muster Muster list Show all ( 35 ) Collapse Terms N Naked lights Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP) NAVAREA Navarea NAVTEX Navtex Neptune (King Neptune) Net Capacity Net Registered Tonnage (NRT) Net tonnage NLS Certificate Non Volatile petroleum Norske Veritas (DNV) Not under command (NUC) Note of Protest Notice of Protest Notice of Readiness (NOR) Notice to Mariners (NM) Noxious liquid substance Show all ( 14 ) Collapse Terms O Ocean Region oceanic gyre OCIMF Odour threshold Officer of the watch (OOW) Oil tanker On Board Quantity Optional cargo Ordinary seaman (OS) Outboard Overcarried cargo Overdue Overtaking Oxygen Analyser Show all ( 9 ) Collapse Terms P Notice of Protest PA system Pad eye Painter PAN PAN Panamax PANEL Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) Pass the word Passage Passenger car ferry Pay out Peak Tank Pellister Permanent Ballast Permissible exposure limit Permit to work system Personal Locator Beacon Phase (Oil Phases) Pick Report Pilferage Pilot boat Pilotage Exemption Certificate (PEC) Pin PITCHING Pitting PLAN Plankton Plating Play Plimsoll mark Plug polling pollution (marine) Poop deck Port Port State Porthole Position Pour Pour point Pouring oil on troubled waters Pratique Pressure surge Pressure/vacuum relief valve Pressure/Vacuum Valve (P/V Valve) Primary barrier Primary swell Product carrier Prolonged blast Proof load Pumproom Purging Show all ( 48 ) Collapse Terms Q Quarantine Quarter Quay R In Regular Turn red tide Refloat Registry Reid vapour pressure (RVP) Relaxation time Relieving tackle Remain on Board (ROB) Rendezvous Reporting point Rescue Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) Restricted area Rhumb line Rigging plan Rise and shine Ro Ro Ro-Ro cargo space Roaring forties Rogue Wave Roll call ROLLING Routing Rudder Rudder post Rules of the Road Rustbucket Show all ( 22 ) Collapse Terms S Safe speed Safe working load (SWL) Safety approval plate SafetyNET Sag (Sagging) SAILS Salvage SART Scupper SCUTTLES Sea anchor Sea chest Sea dog Sea going Sea lawyer Sea Trials Seaworthiness Seaworthiness Certificate Secondary barrier Secondary swells Secure for sea Segregation Semaphore SENC Separation Zone (or Line) Set Set the course Settling time Shackle Shaft alley Shanghaied Slop tank Sounding pipe Sour crude oil Special area Special Area Special category space Spontaneous combustion Spread loading Stability information booklet Static electricity Static non-accumulator oil Steadying lines Stripping Substantial corrosion Suspect areas Show all ( 41 ) Collapse Terms T Tank cleaning Tank dome Tare weight TEU Threshold limit value (TLV) Threshold Limit Value (TLV) Timber Timber deck cargo Timber lashings Timber loadline Time weighted average (TWA) Topping off Topping up Toxicity Transportable moisture limit (TML) Trimming True vapour pressure (TVP) Show all ( 12 ) Collapse Terms U Ullage Upper flammable limit (UFL) V Vapour Vapour emission control system (VECS) Vapour lock system Vapour pressure Void space Volatile liquid Volatile petroleum Show all ( 2 ) Collapse Terms W Water fog Water spray Wing tank Wood pulp Work permit X X Ray Y YACHT Z ZULU
