Maritime Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms

A naval auxiliary vessel for transporting crew

A typically high speed vessel primarily for the transportation of crew to offshore facilities; may also have limited stores carriage capability on an open deck

Contract Regarding an Interim Settlement to Tanker Liability for Oil Pollution Damage

Current rate of load

Crane

Crane(s)

Cargo Remaining on Board

Transverse members fitted to the bottom side rails of a container, which support the floor.

Oil or condensates that have not undergone any refining processes.

A non propelled tank barge for the carriage of crude oil

A tanker built to comply with Annex 1 of Marpol 73/78 for the carriage of oil and conforming to the requirements for the carriage of crude oil.

Extracted vegetable oils which have had no further processing or refining except possibly that of being degummed or filtered, settled or both.

A tanker for the bulk carriage of crude oil but also for carriage of refined oil products

A vessel used for leisure cruising on rivers/lakes/canals, not suitable for open sea voyages.

A combat vessel of medium tonnage with a long cruising radius and less armor and firepower than a battleship

A refrigerated, liquefied gas that has a boiling point colder than -90°C (-130°F) at atmospheric pressure.

A substance can exist in three states, namely gaseous, liquid and solid states. When a liquid is cooled sufficiently, it solidifies and the process is called crystallisation. Crystallisation is the formation of crystals from a melt or a solution. The process is used in both the preparation of triglycerides in the small scale and the fractionation of oleins and stearins in the large scale.

International Convention for Safe Containers

Closed shelter deck

Cargo ship

Company Security Officer

Continues Synopsis Record

Abbreviation of centistoke.

Centre Tank (OCIMF acronym)

Chemical Tanker or Cargo Tank or Center Tank

Combined transport or Cubic Tonnage

Carbon Task Force

Constructive total loss

Combined transport operator

Container Fitted

Cubic: A unit of volume measurement.

When a container or vessel has reached its volumetric capacity before its permitted weight limit.

1,728 cubic inches. A volume contained in a space measuring one foot high, one foot wide and one foot long.

Cumene is an aromatic derived from benzene and used in turn to produce polycarbonates, phenolic resins and essential healthcare products such as aspirin and penicillin.

The chemical reaction that takes place after the mixing of 2 component paints which results in a chemically resistant film

A government office where duties are paid, import documents filed, etc., on foreign shipments.

A person or firm, licensed by the treasury department of their country when required, engaged in entering and clearing goods through Customs for a client (importer).

Government agency charged with enforcing the rules passed to protect the country’s import and ex- port revenues.

A warehouse authorized by Customs to receive duty–free merchandise.

All countries require that the importer make a declaration on incoming foreign goods. The importer then normally pays a duty on the imported merchandise. The importer’s statement is compared against the carrier’s vessel manifest to ensure that all foreign goods are properly declared.

A form requiring all data in a commercial invoice along with a certificate of value and/or a certificate of origin. Required in a few countries (usually former British territories) and usually serves as a seller’s commercial invoice.

A phrase often included in charter parties and freight contracts referring to local rules and practices which may impact upon the costs borne by the various parties.

It is a voluntary supply chain security program, launched in November 2001 and led by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) which focuses on improving the security of private companies’ supply chains with respect to terrorism. In exchange for companies participation CBP will provide reduced inspections at the port of arrival, expedited processing at the border and penalty mitigation.

To divide a hydrocarbon mixture into fractions by distillation. Also a name for the fractions obtained, as in kerosene cut or naphtha cut.

Most often thought to mean the cutting of an anchor line in an effort to make a quick getaway. Hard to imagine that many ship’s masters enjoyed routinely losing an anchor or two, so it is probably more likely referring to the practice of securing the sails of a square-rigged ship with rope yarns that could easily be cut away when a quick departure was necessary.

Warships many times had their foresails or jib sails cut thinly so that they could maintain point and not be blown off course. Upon sighting thin foresails on a distant ship a captain might not like the cut of his jib and would then have an opportunity to escape.

The latest time cargo may be delivered to a terminal for loading to a scheduled train or ship.

Chemicals which affect the skin. Signs and symptoms are defatting the skin, rashes, irritation

A refinery stream used to thin a fuel oil or gasoil. Viscosity reduction and sulfur level adjustment provide most of the requirement for the cutter.

Diluent material used for tank washing, acting as a solvent or viscosity reducer to enable better recovery or ROB.

A vessel equipped to obtain material from the sea bed by use of a cutter wheel, which loosens the material, and a suction pipe. The material may be carried on board, transferred to other vessels, pumped ashore or deposited elsewhere using a spray

Certificate of value and origin

Clean Water Act

Hundred weight

Cofferdam (OCIMF acronym)

Country yard

Cylinders

Cat cracking unit produced in the fuel oil or gasoil boiling range. The term light cycle oil generally describes products of this kind suitable for blending into diesel or home heating oil. Heavy cycle oil, accordingly, refers to the cat cracked material which boils at temperatures in the fuel oil range.

Cyclohexane is an aromatic derived from benzene used as an intermediate to produce nylon.

Cylinders

Diver

Depth

Depth

Dangerous and Hazardous (cargo)

Direct port

Disbursement Account

Deviation clause; (in) direct continuation

Deemed/Earned

Discharging Port, Documents against payment

Dunnage, removal and disposal

Disbursement Account. On the Ship – Owner's instruction the agent in charge of the ship will have to pay, at the expense of the ship, all established duties and dues of the port as well as cover bills for work and services done on the master's demand. On the basis of the bills for the services, the agent draws a consolidated bill, which is known as Disbursement Account. The agent will submit this account to the ship-owner. The Disbursement Account should be drawn up properly and accompanied by documented proof for each item of expense.

Disbursement Account. On the Ship – Owner's instruction the agent in charge of the ship will have to pay, at the expense of the ship, all established duties and dues of the port as well as cover bills for work and services done on the master's demand. On the basis of the bills for the services, the agent draws a consolidated bill, which is known as Disbursement Account. The agent will submit this account to the ship-owner. The Disbursement Account should be drawn up properly and accompanied by documented proof for each item of expense.

Discharge always afloat

DAF – Delivered At Frontier (named place of delivery). This term can be used when the goods are transported by rail and road. The seller pays for transportation to the named place of delivery at the frontier. The buyer arranges for customs clearance and pays for transportation from the frontier to his factory. The passing of risk occurs at the frontier. A Term of Sale which means the sell- ers fulfill their obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available, cleared for export, at the named point and placed at the frontier, but before the customs Terms of Sale border of the adjoining country.

Penalty if cargo is not ready when

Damages for Detention

Diamonium Phosphate. Delivered at Place (named place of destination). Seller pays for carriage to the named place, except for costs related to import clearance, and assumes all risks prior to the point that the goods are ready for unloading by the buyer.

Days all Purposes (Total days for loading & discharging)

Delivered at Terminal (named terminal at port or place of destination). Seller pays for carriage to the terminal, except for costs related to import clearance, and assumes all risks up to the point that the goods are unloaded at the terminal. Incoterms 2010

DAY shall mean a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours. Any part of a Day shall be counted pro-rata.

Double Bottom

Doing Business As: A legal term for conducting business under a registered name.

Deals, battens and boards

Despatch payable both ends

Despatch (payable) both ends, all time saved

Despatch (payable) both ends, working time saved

Double

DouBLe SKINned

Double Bottom Tank

Discharge Capacity

Dry Dock or Daily Discharge

Destination Delivery Charge: A charge, based on container size, that is applied in many tariffs to cargo. This charge is considered accessorial and is added to the base ocean freight. This charge covers crane lifts off the vessel, drayage of the container within the terminal and gate fees at the terminal operation.

Deck Decompression Chamber

Despatch discharging only

Delivered Duty Paid (named place of destination). Seller is responsible for delivering the goods to the named place in the country of the buyer, and pays all costs in bringing the goods to the destination including import duties and taxes. This term places the maximum obligations on the seller and minimum obligations on the buyer.  Incoterms 2010

“Delivered Duty Paid” means that the seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have been made avail- able at the named place in the country of importation. The seller has to bear the risks and costs, including duties, taxes and other charges of delivering the goods thereto, clear for importation. While the EXW term represents the minimum obligation for the seller, DDP represents the maximum.

Delivered Duty Paid (Unpaid)

Delivered Duty Unpaid (named place of destination). This term means that the seller delivers the goods to the buyer to the named place of destination in the contract of sale. The goods are not cleared for import or unloaded from any form of transport at the place of destination. The buyer is responsible for the costs and risks for the unloading, duty and any subsequent delivery beyond the place of destination. However, if the buyer wishes the seller to bear cost and risks associated with the import clearance, duty, unloading and subsequent delivery beyond the place of destination, then this all needs to be explicitly agreed upon in the contract of sale. Previous terms eliminated from Incoterms 2000

A Term of Sale where the seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available at the named place in the country of importation. The seller has to bear the costs and risks involved in bringing the goods thereto (excluding duties, taxes and other official charges payable upon importation) as well as the costs and risks of carrying out customs formali- ties. The buyer has to pay any additional costs and to bear any risks caused by failure to clear the goods for in time.

Design and Equipment