BUA
Beratergrenium für Umweltrelevante Altstoffe (the German Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals of Environmental Relevance)
Bucket Dredger
A vessel equipped to obtain material from the sea bed by use of circulating buckets. The material may be carried on board, transferred to other vessels, pumped ashore or deposited elsewhere using a spray
Bucket Dredger Pontoon
A non propelled dredger pontoon fitted with an endless chain of buckets lowered to the sea bed
Bulk Aggregates Barge, non propelled
A non propelled barge for the carriage of bulk aggregates
Bulk Barge, propelled
A self propelled barge with an arrangement of topside ballast tanks for the carriage of bulk dry cargo of a homogeneous nature
Bulk Cargo
Not in packages or containers; shipped loose in the hold of a ship without mark and count.” Grain, coal and sulfur are usually bulk freight.
Bulk Cargo Barge, self discharging, propelled
A self propelled bulk barge fitted with a conveyor belt (or similar system) and a boom which can discharge cargo alongside or to shore without the assistance of any external equipment
Bulk Cargo Carrier, self discharging
A bulk carrier fitted with self trimming holds, a conveyor belt (or similar system) and a boom which can discharge cargo alongside or to shore without the assistance of any external equipment
Bulk Cargo Carrier, self discharging, Laker
A Great Lakes bulk carrier fitted with a conveyor belt (or similar system) and a boom which can discharge cargo alongside or to shore without the assistance of any external equipment
Bulk Carrier
A single deck cargo vessel with an arrangement of topside ballast tanks for the carriage of bulk dry cargo of a homogeneous nature
Bulk Carrier (with Vehicle Decks)
A bulk carrier with movable decks for the additional carriage of new vehicles
Bulk Carrier, Laker Only
A single deck cargo vessel with dimensions suited to the limitations of Great Lakes of North America trade, unsuitable for open sea navigation. Hatches are more numerous than standard bulk carriers, and much wider than they are long
Bulk Carriers
Ships designed to carry dry or liquid bulk cargo. Category includes: ore/bulk/oil carriers (OBO) and other combination bulk/oil carriers.
Bulk Cement Barge, non propelled
A non propelled barge for the carriage of bulk cement
Bulk Cement Barge, propelled
A self propelled barge fitted with pumping arrangements for the carriage of cement in bulk. There are no weather deck hatches. May be self discharging
Bulk Cement Carrier, Inland Waterways
A vessel designed for the bulk transport of cement cargoes. Not designed for operation in open sea
Bulk Cement Storage Ship
A stationary storage vessel for bulk cement cargo
Bulk Dry Storage Barge, non propelled
A non propelled storage barge for dry cargoes
Bulk Dry Storage Ship
A stationary storage vessel for bulk dry cargo
Bulk/Oil Carrier (OBO)
A bulk carrier arranged for the alternative (but not simultaneous) carriage of crude oil
Bulk–Freight Container
A container with a discharge hatch in the front wall; allows bulk commodities to be carried.
Bulkhead
similar to a seawall, it is a constructed barrier in the water
Bull Rings
Cargo–securing devices mounted in the floor of containers; allow lashing and securing of cargo.
BUNDLING
This is the assembly of pieces of cargo, secured into one manageable unit. This is a very flexible description, a rule of thumb is to present cargo at a size easily handled by a large (20 ton) fork lift truck
Bunker Charge
An extra charge sometimes added to steamship freight rates; justified by higher fuel costs. Also known as Fuel Adjustment Factor or FAF.
Bunkering Tanker
A tanker equipped to supply other vessels with bunker fuels
Bunkers
Fuel, usually residue grades, burned by ships' main engines. The most familiar kind, called bunker C may contain a high concentration of sulfur and have a high specific gravity but must meet a viscosity specification which assures free flow at the temperatures vessels' fuel systems can maintain.
Buoy
Floating marker, secured to bottom of the sea, which is used as a navigational aid to mariners.
Buoy & Lighthouse Tender
A vessel equipped for buoy laying and/or maintenance and for supply of stores and personnel to lighthouses
Buoy Tender
A vessel equipped for buoy laying and/or maintenance
Buoyed Up
Using a buoy to raise the bight of an anchor cable to prevent it from chafing on a rough bottom.
Bureau Veritas
A French classification society which certifies seagoing vessels for compliance to standardized rules regarding construction and maintenance.
Burn
Refers to either a chemical or thermal burn, the former may be caused by corrosive substances and the latter by liquefied cryogenic gases, hot molten substances, or flames.
Burnback
The distance a flame will travel from the ignition source back to the aerosol container
Burning kerosene
Kerosene intended for use as domestic stove lamp fuel.
Butadiene
A four-carbon olefin. More precisely, a di-olefin because the molecule has two double bonds. Synthetic rubber production consumes much of the butadiene supply. Smaller amounts find an outlet in high-strength resins manufacturing.
Butadiene
A flammable gaseous olefin used in making synthetic rubbers. Butadiene rubber has now completely displaced natural rubber in the manufacture of automobile tires.
Butane
Butanes are colorless, odorless, gaseous hydrocarbons. The compound in which the carbon atoms are linked in a straight chain is called normal butane, or n-butane; the branched-chain form is isobutane. Both occur in natural gas and in crude oil and are formed in large quantities in the refining of petroleum to produce gasoline.
Butanol
An alcohol derived from butane and used as solvents and in organic synthesis.
Butter
Made by churning cream, often after a refining process. Cream is an emulsion of very small fat droplets in water. Milk proteins and salts are dissolved in the water. During churning, the small fat droplets coalesce until they form a continuous fat phase, in which about 16% of water is dispersed in small droplets. Excess aqueous phase separates off as whey. The emulsion has been changed from a fat-in-water emulsion to a water-in-fat emulsion. It has been ""inverted"".
Butyl acetate
A volatile ester used as solvents for resins, lacquers, paints, and varnishes.
Butyl rubbers
Butyl rubbers are a type of synthetic rubber prepared by polymerization of butylenes. They are a preferred option in the manufacture of automobile tires thanks to their leak-proof qualities.
Butylene
Also called butene, any of four isomeric compounds belonging to the series of olefinic hydrocarbons. They are formed during the cracking of petroleum to produce gasoline; they can also be prepared commercially by the catalytic dehydrogenation of butanes. The major part of the butenes is utilized for the production of octanes, which are important constituents of gasoline. On dehydrogenation, normal butenes form butadiene, the principal starting material for synthetic rubber.
Butyraldehyde
Butyraldehyde is a clear, colorless, flammable liquid, used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of resins.
Buy/sell
A swap in which, for accounting purposes or other reasons, company A sells a parcel to company B while B sells a second parcel to A. Each party buys one and sells another.
BWA
Brackish water allowance
BWAD
Brackish Water Arrival Draft
BWDD
Brackish water departure draft
BWSC
Baltic and White Sea Conference
By and Large
Currently means in all cases or in any case. From the nautical: by meaning into the wind and large meaning with the wind: as in, "By and Large the ship handled very well."
C
Centigrade (Degrees centigrade)
C and/or J
China and/or Japan
C&F FO
Cost & Freight Free Out. Cost and Freight (named port of destination). Seller must pay the costs and freight to bring the goods to the port of destination. However, risk is transferred to the buyer once the goods are loaded on the vessel (this rule is new!). Maritime transport only and Insurance for the goods is NOT included. This term is formerly known as CNF (C&F).
C&F or CFR
The four rules defined by Incoterms 2010 for international trade where transportation is entirely conducted by water are: FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF
C&F Terms of Sale
Obsolete, although heavily used, term of sale meaning “cargo and freight” whereby Seller pays for cost of goods and freight charges up to destination port. In July, 1990 the International Chamber of Commerce replaced C&F with CFR.
C.A.S. Number
Chemical Abstracts Service, a service of the American Chemical Society, identifies particular chemicals with a number.
C.I.S
Commonwealth Independent States (ex Soviet Republics)
C/E/V
Communication/Entertainment/Victualling
C/V or CVS
Consecutive voyages
C/V/E
Cable, victuals and entertainment
C–TPAT (Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)
A voluntary supply chain security partnership established by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in November 2001. Meeting the C–TPAT standards allows cargo owners faster processing through cus- toms formalities and inspections.
C4
C4 derivatives are among the main olefin products coming from the steam cracker, along with ethylene and propylene. Butadiene is the most valuable product from the C4 fraction.
CA
Condition of Authorities
CABAF
Currency and Bunker Adjustment Factor
Cable Layer
A vessel equipped to lay and repair underwater cables
Cable Repair Ship
A vessel equipped for the retrieval and repair of underwater cables
Cabotage
Refers to the coastal trades of a particular nation. Cabotage is often governed by statutes requiring that only ships flying the flag of the coastal state concerned may engage in the coastal trades between ports of that state, unless "waivers" are obtained from the government of the state. In the United States, this means that the vessels must be built (primarily) in the United States, fly the U.S. flag and be crewed by American nationals.
Cabotage Fleet
see Fleet, Cabotage.
Cadet
A student who is training to be a marine officer.
CAF
Currency adjustment factor
Calendar Day
CALENDAR DAY shall mean a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours running from 0000 hours to 2400 hours. Any part of a Calendar Day shall be counted pro-rata.
Call
this denotes when a ship is coming to visit a port and berth
Call Sign
Unique sequence of letters and numbers assigned to a ship for identification and communication purposes.
CALM
Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring
CALM Buoy
Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring Buoy - Simple system to which a tanker moors and then either loads or discharges its cargo. Buoy is moored by chains anchored to the seabed.
CAN
Calcium ammonium nitrate (cargo)
CAP
CAP (Condition Assessment Programme).- Independent and thorough scheme of inspections of the actual condition of a vessel. It is applicable as established in the present Rules and procedures and as defined in the Rules of the Classification Societies members of IACS.
Capesize
Capesize vessels are typically above 150,000 long tons deadweight (DWT). Capesize ships are cargo ships originally too large to transit the Suez Canal (i.e., larger than both Panamax and Suezmax vessels). To travel between oceans, such vessels used to have to pass either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn.
Capesize Vessel
A dry bulk vessel above 80,000dwt or whose beam precludes passage via the Panama Canal and thus forces them to pass around Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope.
Caprolactam
One of the ingredients that are used to synthesize the most common nylon. Caprolactam is made from phenol.
Caprolactam Tanker
A tanker for the bulk carriage of caprolactam, a chemical used in the plastics industry for the production of polyamides
Captain’s Protest
A document prepared by the captain of a vessel on arriving at port; shows conditions encountered during voyage, generally for the purpose of relieving ship owner of any loss to cargo and shifting responsibility for reimbursement to the insurance company.
Car Carrier
A vehicles carrier for the carriage of new cars which are loaded via ramps
CAR or CARIB
Caribbean Islands
Car Park
A vessel used as a floating car park.
Car Pooling
Use of individual carrier/rail equipment through a central agency for the benefit of carriers and ship- pers.
Car Seal
Metal strip and lead fastener used for locking freight car or truck doors. Seals are numbered for record purposes.
Carbohydrate
Any member of a very abundant and widespread class of natural organic substances, compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, that includes the sugars, starch, and cellulose.
Carbon
An element forming a large number of compounds, many of which have important uses. Diamond and graphite are amongst the main forms of carbon. Coals are elemental carbon mixed with varying amounts of carbon compounds; coke and charcoal are nearly pure carbon. All organic compounds, such as proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, contain carbon, and all plant and animal cells consist of carbon compounds and their polymers.
Carbon residue
The solid, impure carbon deposits (coke) left behind by burned hydrocarbon fuels. The industry uses two tests, Conradson carbon (Con Carbon) and Ramsbottom carbon to measure oils' tendency to form such solids.
Carcinogen
A substance or physical agent that is capable of causing cancer. For the purposes of classification by the GESAMP experts they are subdivided into the following three categories Animal Carcinogen- a substance that has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals, but for which there is no evidence that the substance can cause cancer in humans Human carcinogen- a substance for which there is a documented credible evidence that the material causes cancer in humans Epigenetic Carcinogen- a substance capable for causing cancer by mechanisms not involving direct interaction with genetic material
Carfloat
A barge equipped with tracks on which up to approximately 12 railroad cars are moved in harbors or inland waterways.
Cargo
Freight loaded into a ship.
Cargo Manifest
A manifest that lists all cargo carried on a specific vessel voyage.
Cargo NOS
Cargo Not Otherwise Specified. Usually the rate entry in a tariff that can apply to commodities not covered under a specific item or sub– item in the applicable tariff.
Cargo Preference
Cargo reserved by a Nation’s laws for transportation only on vessels registered in that Nation.Typically the cargo is moving due to a direct or indirect support or activity of the Government.
Cargo Tonnage
Most ocean freight is billed on the basis of weight or measurement tons (W/M). Weight tons can be expressed in short tons of 2000 pounds, long tons of 2240 pounds or metric tons of 1000 kilos (2204.62 pounds). Measurement tons are usually expressed as cargo measurement of 40 cubic feet (1.12 meters) or cubic meters (35.3 cubic feet.)
Caribbean Trading Area
is the area bounded by the east coasts of North, Central and South America; and a line from the east coast of the United States in latitude 32 o 30'N to a point 20oN: 60 o W, thence to a point 10oN : 50 oW , and thence south to the coast of South America.
Carload Rate
A rate applicable to a carload of goods.
Carnet
A customs document permitting the holder to temporarily carry or send merchandise into certain for- eign countries (for display, demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds. Any of various Customs documents required for crossing some international borders.
Carotene
A natural constituent which gives crude palm oil its bright orange-red colour and which is normally destroyed by the high temperatures in the refining and/or deodorisation processes. It is also partially destroyed by oxidation under adverse conditions of production, storage and transport of crude palm oil. This may result in a deteriorated crude that is difficult to bleach during refining. Carotene is often added back to manufactured food products to colour them for customer appeal. Physiologically carotene has Vitamin A activity. In view of this, some palm oil processors are now modifying their processors to produce refined, deodorised palm oil products with high residual levels of B-carotene; these still being bright orange/red in colour. Chemically, carotene is a conjugated poly-unsaturated hydrocarbon which, together with related carotenoid compounds, may be estimated using a spectrophotometer to measure light absorbence at the wavelength of 446 nm.
Carrier
Any person or entity who, in a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance of carriage by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway or by a combination of such modes.
Carrier’s Certificate
A certificate required by U.S. Customs to release cargo properly to the correct party.
Cartage
Usually refers to intra–city hauling on drays or trucks. Same as drayage.
Cartment
Customs form permitting in–bond cargo to be moved from one location to another under Customs control, within the same Customs district. Usually in motor carrier’s possession while draying cargo.
CAS
Condition Assessment Survey
Cash Against Documents (CAD)
Method of payment for goods in which documents transferring title are given the buyer upon payment of cash to an intermediary acting for the seller, usually a commission house.
Cash in Advance (CIA)
A method of payment for goods in which the buyer pays the seller in advance of the shipment of goods. Usually employed when the goods, such as specialized machinery, are built to order.
Cash With Order (CWO)
A method of payment for goods in which cash is paid at the time of order and the transaction becomes binding on both buyer and seller.
Casino, Stationary
A stationary vessel fitted out as a floating casino.
Castor Oik
Oil from Ricinus communis produced mainly in India, Brazil and China. Castor oil differs from all other common oils in being rich (~90%) in the hydroxyl acid, ricinoleic. Castor oil is a source of several important oleochemicals including Turkey-red oil, 12-hydroxystearic acid, dehydrated castor oil, heptanal, 10-undeconoic acid, 2-octanol and sebacic acid.
Cat gasoline
The motor fuel-blending component produced by catalytic cracking units.
Cat naphtha
see CAT GASOLINE. Some refiners could, if their markets made it desirable, hydrotreat cat gasoline to make a naphtha suitable for some use other than motor fuel blending, such as steam cracker feedstock.
Catalyst
A catalyst is a substance which, when added to the components of a chemical reaction, speeds up the rate of that reaction but does not itself become involved chemically. An example of such compounds in the edible oil context is nickel used in hydrogenation.
Catalytic cracker
These refinery units, also widely known as cat crackers and FCC's (for fluid catalytic crackers) or FCCU's, convert heavy distillate, most commonly vacuum gasoil, to lighter fractions. Refiners use them, basically, to break molecules which boil in the heavy distillate range to shorter, more volatile hydrocarbon chains suitable for making motor gasoline.
Catalytic cracking
The process of breaking up heavier hydrocarbon molecules into lighter hydrocarbon fractions by use of heat and catalysts. See also cracking.
Catfeed
The charge fed to a catalytic cracker. Common usage generally restricts this term to describing vacuum gasoils
Cathode
Electrode at which the cathodic reaction predominates
Cathodic Protection
Electrochemical protection achieved by decreasing the corrosion potential to a level at which the corrosion rate of the metal is significantly reduced
Caustic
NaOH = Sodium hydroxide. A corrosive substance due to its high pH
CB & H Cont.
(BH) Continent between Bordeaux and Hamburg
CBFS
Carbon black feed stock
CBS
Cyprus Bureau of Shipping
CBT
Clean Ballast Tanks: Applies only to Pre-MARPOL vessels which adopted COW instead of converting to SBT when MARPOL 73/78 entered into Force. When operating as a "Products" tanker (typically with Fuel Oil), COW is not available so vessel adopts "CBT" mod
CC/HR
Cubic centimeter per hour
CC/MIN
Cubic centimeter per minute
CCC
Communist Controlled Countries or Customs Cooperation Council
CCC Mark
A mark or label indicating the cargo conforms to standards required by China for certain products.
CCP
Clean Petroleum Products
CCTV
Closed Circuit Television
CD
Chart Datum; Customary Despatch
CDI
Chemical distribute Institute: A chemical industry ship inspection process and database. Managed through joint representation by charterers and ship managers.
CE
Consumption Entry: The process of declaring the importation of foreign–made goods for use in the United States.
CE Mark
A mark or label indicating the cargo conforms to standards required by the European Union for certain products.
CEFIC
European Chemical Industry Council
CEIBOIS
European Confederation of Wood Industries
Cells
The construction system employed in container vessels; permits ship containers to be stowed in a vertical line with each container supporting the one above it
Cement Carrier
A single deck cargo vessel fitted with pumping arrangements for the carriage of cement in bulk. There are no weather deck hatches. May be self discharging
Cement Storage Barge, non propelled
A barge with pumping facilities for loading & discharging cement.
CENSA
Council of European National Shipowners Associations
Center of Gravity
The point of equilibrium of the total weight of a containership, truck, train or a piece of cargo.
Centigrade degrees (C)
Also known as Celsius degrees. A temperature scale according to which water boils at 100 and freezes at 0. Centigrade, or Celsius, degrees convert to Fahrenheit degrees by the following formula: (C x 1.8) + 32=F.
Centistoke
The unit, commonly abbreviated cSt, of kinematic viscosity which reports a liquid's resistance to flow in terms of its measured viscosity divided by its density.
Centrifuging
Substances having different densities will separate by gravity. For example, oil is lighter than water and easily forms a separate upper layer. The effect of gravity can be accentuated by increasing the strength of the gravitational force, for example by spinning at high speed within the inner rotating parts of centrifuge machines. Centrifuging is often used in oil mills for the separation of impurities and water from the oils, in alkali refining to remove soap and water washes and in fractionation, using detergent solutions, to separate wetted fatty crystals from the liquid olein, etc.
CEPE
European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colors Industry, an association affiliated to Cefic.
Certificate of Inspection
A document certifying that merchandise (such as perishable goods) was in good condition immediately prior to its shipment. The document issued by the U.S. Coast Guard certifying an American. Flag vessel’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Certificate of Origin
A certified document showing the origin of goods; used in international commerce.
CES
Centre Européen des Silicones
Cetan rating
see CETANE NUMBER
Cetane index (CI)
An estimated diesel fuel performance rating which relies on samples' API gravity and mid-point CI=-420.34 + 0.016G2 + 0192G log M + 65.01 (LOG M)2-0.0001809M2 where G= API gravity and M=mid-point in F
Cetane number
A performance indicator for diesel fuel analogous to the octane rating applied to gasolines. The more paraffinic the gasoil, the higher its cetane number.
CFC
Chloro/Fluoro Compound
CFG/D
Cubic feet of gas per day
CFG/H
Cubic feet of gas per hour
CFG/M
Cubic feet of gas per minute
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations (USCG)
CFR
Cost and Freight (named port of destination) Seller must pay the costs and freight to bring the goods to the port of destination. However, risk is transferred to the buyer once the goods are loaded on the vessel (this rule is new!). Maritime transport only and Insurance for the goods is NOT included. This term is formerly known as CNF (C&F). The four rules defined by Incoterms 2010 for international trade where transportation is entirely conducted by water are: FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF
CFR (Cost and Freight for a named port)
A Term of Sale where the seller pays the costs and freight necessary to bring the goods to the named port of destina- tion, Terms of Sale but the risk of loss of or damage to the goods, as (continued) well as any additional costs due to events occurring after the time the goods have been delivered on board the vessel, is transferred from the seller to the buyer when the goods pass the ship’s rail in the port of shipment. The CFR term requires the seller to clear the goods for export.
CFS
Container freight station
CFS
Cubic Feet per Second or Container Freight Station
CH
Chain locker (OCIMF acronym)
CH & H
Continent between Le Havre and Hamburg
CHABE
Charterer’s agents both ends
Chains
This terms has a chemical and commercial usage in the oil business. It describes the strands of carbon atoms (carbon chains) fundamental to hydrocarbon molecules. It also serves as a designation for the strings of transactions assembled to settle a
Channel
a natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water, often used by ships.
