FMSS
Full Mission Shiphandling Simulator
FO
Fuel oil or Free overside or Firm offer or For orders or Full our terms
FO
Free on Board means that the seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have passed over the ship's rail (vessel's flange for tankers) at the named port of shipment. This means that the buyer has to bear all costs and risks of loss or damage
FOB
Free on Board (named port of shipment). The seller must load themselves the goods on board the vessel nominated by the buyer. Cost and risk are divided when the goods are actually on board of the vessel (this rule is new!). The seller must clear the goods for export. The term is applicable for maritime and inland waterway transport only but NOT for multimodal sea transport in containers (see Incoterms 2010, ICC publication 715). The buyer must instruct the seller the details of the vessel and the port where the goods are to be loaded, and there is no reference to, or provision for, the use of a carrier or forwarder. This term has been greatly misused over the last three decades ever since Incoterms 1980 explained that FCA should be used for container shipments. The four rules defined by Incoterms 2010 for international trade where transportation is entirely conducted by water are: FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF
FOB (Free On Board) (...Named Port of Shipment)
An International Term of Sale that means the seller fulfills his or her obligation to deliver when the goods have passed over the ship’s rail at the named port of shipment. This means that the buyer has to bear all costs and risks to loss of or damage to the goods from that point. The FOB term re- quires the seller to clear the goods for export. (Note: The U.S. Government sometimes uses a made–up term “FOB Destination” to require the seller to take responsibility for delivering the goods at destination rather than the correct Incoterm of DDP.)
FOBS
Free on board and stowed
FOBT
Free On Board and Trimmed
FOC
Free of Conveyance or Free of Charge or Flag of Convenience or Free of Cargo
FOL
Free On Lighter or Following
FOM
Flag, ownership and management
FONASBA
Federation of National Association of Shipbrokers and Agents
FONSABA
The Federation of National Shipbrokers abd Agents
Footloose
The bottom portion of a sail is called the foot. If it is not secured, it is footloose and it dances randomly in the wind.
Foots
Visible Foots - The insoluble matter in crude fats and oils, together with occluded oil, which settles at 10-20 degrees C above the melting point of the fat or oil. Sediment - That part of the insoluble matter in a crude fat or oil which can be centrifugally separated and is the total amount of the unclear layer of components collected at the bottom of the measuring cell after centrifuging. The sediment contains, for example, phospholipids, impurities and dirt, usually dispersed in a water-containing phase. (Note: ISO 15301 - Determination of Sediment in Crude Fats and Oils - Centrifuge Method).
FOR
Free On Rail (named points=Incoterms)
Force Majeure
Clause limiting responsibilities of the charterers, shippers and receivers due to events beyond their control
Fore
Toward or at forward most area of a ship.
Fore and Aft
The direction on a vessel parallel to the center line.
Foreign Sales Corporation
Under U.S. tax law, a corporation created to obtain tax exemption on part of the earnings of U.S. products in foreign markets.Must be set–up as a foreign corporation with an office outside the USA.
Foreign Trade Zone
A free port in a country divorced from Customs authority but under government control. Merchan- dise, except that which is prohibited, may be stored in the zone without being subject to import duty regulations.
Fork Lift
A machine used to pick up and move goods loaded on pallets or skids.
Formaldehyde
An organic compound, the lowest in the chain of the aliphatic aldehydes, used in large amounts in a variety of chemical manufacturing processes. It is produced principally by the vapor-phase oxidation of methanol. Large quantities of formaldehyde are used in the manufacture of phenol-, urea- and melamine-formaldehyde resins, or formaldehyde polymers (acetal-resins), and polyurethane plastics.
Formul8
Polyurethane foam formulation software
Forward Perpendicular
Ship Stability: Usually established at the intersection of the design waterline and the vessels stem on the bow.
Forwarder Compensation
See Brokerage.
FOSC
Federal On-Scene Commander
FOSFA
Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations Ltd.
Fossil fuel
A general term for buried combustible geologic deposits of organic materials occurring within the Earth's crust, that can be used as a source of energy. They all contain carbon and were formed as a result of geologic processes from decayed plants and animals that have been converted to crude oil, coal, natural gas, or heavy oils hundreds of millions of years ago.
FOT
Free on Truck or Free on Train
Foul Bill of Lading
A receipt for goods issued by a carrier with an indication that the goods were damaged when received. Compare Clean Bill of Lading.
Four–Way Pallet
A pallet designed so that the forks of a fork lift truck can be inserted from all four sides. See Fork lift.
FOW
First Open Water or Free on Waggon or Free on Wharf
FP
Flash point; Fore Peak; Free Pratique
FPA
Free of particular average
FPPI
Foreign Principal Party of Interest. The party to whom final delivery or end use of the exported goods will be made, usually the buyer.
FPSO
Floating Production Storage and Offloading
FPSO, Gas
A vessel with the capability to control production rates from an gas field and to store gas produced prior to its transfer to another vessel for transportation. May be self or non propelled
FPSO, Oil
A vessel with the capability to control production rates from an oilfield and to store oil produced prior to its transfer to another vessel for transportation. May be self or non propelled
FR
France or Francs or Freight or Flat Rack (container)
FR or FRGHT or FRT
Freight
FR&CC
Free of riot and civil commotion
Fraction
In the oil industry, fraction refers to one of the portions of fractional distillation having a restricted boiling range.
Fractionating tower
Distillation column.
Fractionation
Division of a hydrocarbon mixture according to the boiling temperature of its component molecules. This general term describes both distillation, which puts heat into mixtures to separate them, and cooling techniques which work by heat removal.
Fractionation
Fractionation involves the separation of an oil or fat into two or more fractions. The oil is cooled under controlled conditions and the fractions separated by filtration or centrifugation. Fractionation of a fat is made possible by the solubility differences of the component triglycerides arising from the structural differences of their fatty acids, chain length, degree and type of unsaturation.
Fractions
Part of a hydrocarbon mixture isolated according to the temperature where it evaporates. Distillation units ordinarily divide a combination of liquid hydrocarbons, such as crude oil or the output stream of a cracker, by sorting its molecules into portions with different boiling ranges. These parts, or fractions, also go by the name, cuts. The bottom and top temperatures of a fraction sometimes serve as its designation, as in 180-330 fraction.
FRC
Free carrier (Incoterms)
Free Alongside (FAS)
The seller must deliver the goods to a pier and place them within reach of the ship’s loading equip- ment. See Terms of Sale.
FAS
The seller must deliver the goods to a pier and place them within reach of the ship’s loading equip- ment. See Terms of Sale.
Free Astray
An astray shipment (a lost shipment that is found) sent to its proper destination without additional charge.
Free Carrier (FCA)
An Incoterm of sale meaning the seller has delivered when the cargo is given to the carrier nominated by the buyer at the named place.
FCA
An Incoterm of sale meaning the seller has delivered when the cargo is given to the carrier nominated by the buyer at the named place.
FREE DESPATCH
If loading/discharging achieved sooner than agreed, there will be no freight money returned.
Free Ex Ins
FREE of any EXtra INSurance (Owners)
Free In and Out (FIO)
Cost of loading and unloading a vessel is borne by the charterer/shipper.
Free In/Out and Trimmed
Charterer pays for cost of FIOST loading/discharging cargo, including stowage and trimming.
Free of Particular Average (FPA)
A marine insurance term meaning that the assurer will not allow payment for partial loss or damage to cargo shipments except in certain circumstances, such as stranding, sinking, collision or fire.
Free on Board (FOB – U.S. Domestic Use)
Shipped under a rate that includes costs of delivery to and the loading onto a carrier at a specified point. (a) FOB Freight Allowed: The same as FOB named inland carrier, except the buyer pays the transportation charge and the seller reduces the invoice by a like amount. (b) FOB Freight Prepaid: The same as FOB named inland carrier, except the seller pays the freight charges of the inland carrier. (c) FOB Named Point of Exportation: Seller is responsible for the cost of placing the goods at a named point of exportation. Some European buyers use this form when they actually mean FOB vessel. (d) FOB Vessel: Seller is responsible for goods and preparation of export documentation until actually placed aboard the vessel.
Free on Board (Int’l Use)
See Terms of Sale.
FREE OUT
Free of discharge costs to owners. Includes sea freight only.
Free Out (FO)
Cost of unloading a vessel is borne by the charterer.
Free Port
A restricted area at a seaport for the handling of duty–exempted import goods. Also called a Foreign Trade Zone.
Free Pratique
Permission given to a ship to use a port after it has been certified free of disease, in compliance with port state control, local authorities and other regulatory bodies.
Free Sale Certificate
The U.S. government does not issue certificates of free sale. However, the Food and Drug Administra- tion, Silver Spring, Maryland, will issue, upon request, a letter of comment to the U.S. manufacturers whose products are subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act or other acts administered by the agency. The letter can take the place of the certificate.
Free Time
That amount of time that a carrier’s equipment may be used without incurring additional charges. (See Storage, Demurrage or Per Diem.)
Free to Carrier
A modern equivalent of FAS used in FCA intermeddle transport where goods are transferred at a nominated forwarder premises, depot or terminal but not actually put on board vessel.
Free Trade Zone
A port designated by the government of a country for duty–free entry of any non–prohibited goods. Merchandise may be stored, displayed, used for manufacturing, etc., within the zone and re–exported without duties.
Freezing point
The temperature where aviation kerosene must remain free of wax crystals. These particles can clog jet engine fuel filters and nozzles. This specification, therefore, indicates the suitability of kerosene for propelling aeroplanes into the cold air at high altitudes.
Freight
Refers to either the cargo carried or the charges assessed for carriage of the cargo.
Freight Bill
A document issued by the carrier based on the bill of lading and other information; used to account for a shipment operationally, statistically, and financially.An Invoice.
Freight Forwarder
A person whose business is to act as an agent on behalf of the shipper. A freight forwarder frequently makes the booking reservation. In the United States, freight forwarders are now licensed by the FMC as “Ocean Intermediaries.”
Freighters
Breakbulk vessels both refrigerated and unrefrigerated, containerships, partial containerships, roll-on/roll-off vessels, and barge carriers. A general cargo vessel de- signed to carry heterogeneous mark and count cargoes.
Fresh Water Replenishment
Whereby a vessel loads a quantity of Fresh Water from a barge or lighter for consumption by the vessel and her assigned personnel.
Frigate
A combat vessel, usually of 4,000 to 9,000 displacement tons, that is larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser, used primarily for escort duty
From Stern to Stern
From the front of a ship to the back. Now describes something in its entirety.
Fronthaul
cargo that is carried on the trip out vs. return trip, opposite of backhaul
Fruit Juice Tanker
A tanker for the bulk carriage of fruit juice concentrate in insulated tanks
FSG
Floating Systems Group
FSI
Flag State Implementation
FSO
Floating Storage Offloading or Fleet Safety Officer (ISM)
FSO, Gas
A tanker purpose built or converted to store gas produced from a field prior to its transfer to another vessel for transportation. May be self or non propelled. This type does not include vessels which are temporarily being used for storage of gas
FSO, Oil
A tanker purpose built or converted to store oil produced from a field prior to its transfer to another vessel for transportation. May be self or non propelled. This type does not include vessels which are temporarily being used for storage of oil
FSRU
FSRU (Floating Storage Regasification Unit) is special floating vessel that stores gas and regasifies the LNG tanker.
FSS
International Code for Fire Safety Systems
FTA
Free Trade Agreement or Freight Transport Association
FTC
Free Transferable Currency
FTRR&I
For their respective rights and interests
FTTM
First thing tomorrow morning
Fuel
A material used to produce heat or power by burning.
Fuel blending
Mingling two or more materials, refinery streams ordinarily, to make a mixture that meets a grade of fuel's legal and commercial requirements. Refineries almost always sell finished products made from more than one component. Modern motor gasoline, for all practical purposes, must comprise several blendstocks. No single material can meet all its various specifications. Kerosene and gasoline do not require blending the way mogas does. But refinery economics and the number of processes which yield middle distillate fractions make combinations quite probable. Heavy fuel oil usually includes several streams in order to concoct a saleable material from the dregs of assorted units.
Fuel oxygenate
Oxygenates are compounds containing oxygen in a chain of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Today, oxygenates are blended into gasoline in two forms: alcohols or ethers. Ethanol is the most commonly used alcohol oxygenate; methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, or MTBE, is the most commonly used ether oxygenate. Fuel oxygenates are used in gasoline to boost the octane rating and to decrease the toxic emissions in the exhaust.
Full and Down
An expression to describe a loaded vessel carrying cargoes of such a volume and weight that it fills all the vessel’s spaces and also brings her down to her tonnage loadline. A rare but optimum revenue condition for a vessel operator.
Full Containerships
Ships equipped with permanent container cells, with little or no space for other types of cargo.
Full Cycle Washing
Crude oil washing in which the complete cargo tank is washed.
Full Shipload Lot
The amount of cargo a vessel carries or is able to carry. Practically, it is the amount of cargo which induces the specific voyage. While the cargo lot may take up the majority of the vessel’s space or ton- nage capacity, it does not require a vessel’s volume and weight capacity to be fully utilized.
Full-Range Naphtha
see WHOLE NAPHTHA
Fully Hydrogenated
The terms describing a fat or oil which has been hydrogenated to the extent that the resultant product is solid at room temperature. Products containing hydrogenated fats include heavy duty frying fats for restaurant use, solid shortenings and solid margarines.
Fully Refined Oil
The term used to describe an oil which has been subjected to extensive processing methods to remove - (1) free fatty acids and other gross impurities (refine); (2) naturally occurring colour bodies such as chlorophyll (bleach), and (3) volatile trace components which may affect colour, flavour and odour (deodorise).
Fungible
Marketable product. Typically refers to petroleum products moved by pipeline. As long as a particular grade of gasoline meets Colonial pipeline specifications, for instance, it may travel and trade as fungible product. A fungible batch in the Colonial system consists of 25,000 barrels or more of material from various suppliers, all of which meets the specifications published by the Pipeline company.
Furnace oil
A term ordinarily reserved for the kind of gasoil used for household heating. The quality of this product can vary from place to place. The USA, for instance, uses a lighter distillate for this purpose than do some European countries.
Futures
A type of contract established to pay today for something that will be delivered at a fixed future date.
FWAD
Fresh Water Arrival Draft
FWC
Fully loaded weight and capacity
FWDD
Fresh Water Departure Draft
FWPCA
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
FX
Forecastle (OCIMF acronym)
FYPG
For Your Private Guidance
FYVPG
For Your Very Private Guidance
G
Grain (cargo capacity) or Gram
G or GN or GR
Grain capacity
G-H RGE
Gibraltar - Hamburg range
G/B or GR/BL
Grain / bale capacity
g/t-km
denotes emissions in grams per tonne of cargo shipped over a kilometre
GA PLAN
General Arrangement Plan
GA(P)
General agreement (plain)
GA.CON.
General average contribution
GA.DEP.
General average deposit
GA/(ARB)
General average/(arbitration)
gamazymes
Bioactive cleaning agents used in galleys, crew quarters and passenger sections on cruise liners
Garbage Disposal Operations
Whereby the vessel lands a quantity of garbage for transfer to an approved garbage disposal location or facility ashore.
Garbled
Garbling was the prohibited practice of mixing rubbish with the cargo. A distorted, mixed up message was said to be garbled.
Gas Carrier
A specialised tanker built to comply with Marpol 73/78 Annex 1 and the appropriate IMO Code for Vessels Carrying Liquefied Gases in bulk.
Gas Free
This refers to a steady state ‘gas free’ condition, meaning the atmosphere in the tank is “safe for man-entry”. The most common value taken for ‘gas free’ is that the atmosphere is below the LEL (Lower Explosive Limit) and that sufficient oxygen is present. Maximum allowable concentrations of any toxins must also be taken into account.
Gas plant
Facilities, which remove liquids from natural gas streams, bear this name. So do processing units in refineries which fractionate the light ends distilled from crude or produced by cracking and other upgrading equipment. In both cases, the plant separates C3 and heavier materials from fuel gas. Some of this hardware cuts as deep as C2. Complex refineries usually have two gas plants. One, the saturates gas plant, handles paraffinic, straight run light ends. The other, the unsaturated gases plant, takes care of olefinic gas streams which come from crackers.
Gas to C4
An abbreviation for the percent mass of the hydrocarbon gases at normal temperature and pressure from C1 to C4 inclusive, present in crude oil.
GASBEND
Good And Safe (Port) Both ENDs
Gasoil
An intermediate distillate product used for diesel fuel, heating fuel and sometimes as feedstock.
Gasoil
A refined petroleum product denser than motor gasoline and kerosene but lighter than residual oil. This hydrocarbon mixture has two common uses: fuel for furnaces and for small diesel engines. It gets several popular names from these applications, including diesel and furnace oil. The phrase distillate fuel distinguishes gasoil from heavier mixtures used in large burners and large, slow diesel engines. The trade frequently shortens this term to distillate. ASTM's designation, No. 2 oil, serves as the primary name for gasoil in some parts of the world, especially North America. The refining industry employs "gasoil" To name certain intermediates in addition to familiar finished fuels. These special usages generally attach, or assume and adjective which indicates the source of the intermediate, such as atmospheric gasoil, vacuum gasoil, coker gasoil, pyrolysis gasoil, and so forth.
Gasoline
Also called gas or petrol, gasoline is a mixture of volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbons derived from petroleum, with or without small quantities of additives, and used as motor fuel. It is also used as a solvent for oils and fats.
Gasoline extender
A component in motor gasoline blend added exclusively for volume. Ethanol, for example, often has this limited function in the USA.
Gateway
Industry–related: A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged be- tween transportation lines.
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GBL
Government Bill of Lading
GC or GENCAR
General cargo
GCN
General cargo charter party
GCN or GNCN or GENCON
General Conditions
GD or GDAY or GDY
Good Day
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GDSM
General Department Store Merchandise: A classification of commodities that includes goods generally shipped by mass–merchandise companies. This commodity structure occurs only in service contracts.
GE
Glycol Ether. Manufactured from either propylene oxide or ethylene oxide reacted with an alcohol. They are mainly used as solvents, plasticizers and brake fluids.
GEAR
A general term for ropes, blocks, tackle and other equipment
Geared Bulk Carriers
Typically in the handysize to handymax size range although there are a small number of geared panamax vessels, like all bulkers they feature a series of holds covered by prominent hatch covers. They have cranes, derricks or conveyors that allow them to load or discharge cargo in ports without shore-based equipment. This gives geared bulkers flexibility in the cargoes they can carry and the routes they can travel.
Gearless Carriers
Bulkers without cranes or conveyors. These ships depend on shore-based equipment at their ports of call for loading and discharging. They range across all sizes, the larger bulk carriers (VLOCs) can only dock at the largest ports, some of these are designed with a single port-to-port trade in mind. The use of gearless bulkers avoids the costs of installing, operating, and maintaining cranes.
GENCON
General cargo charter party
GENCON'94
Gencon'94 charter party
General Average Sacrifice
An extraordinary sacrifice intentionally and reasonably made to preserve from peril the property involved in a common maritime voyage.
General Cargo
Goods unpackaged or packaged, but not shipped in bulk
General Cargo Barge, non propelled
A barge without means of independent propulsion which carries break bulk cargoes, may be single or multi decked.
General Cargo Barge, propelled
An self propelled barge with a single deck for the carriage of various types of dry cargo
General Cargo Carriers
Breakbulk freighters, car carriers, cattle carriers, pallet carriers and timber carriers. A vessel designed to carry heterogeneous mark and count cargoes.
General Cargo Ship
A single or multi deck cargo vessel for the carriage of various types of dry cargo. Single deck vessels will typically have box shaped holds. Cargo is loaded and unloaded through weather deck hatches
General Cargo Ship (with Ro-Ro facility)
A general cargo ship with the additional capability to be loaded and unloaded by ro-ro access to a limited portion of the cargo space
General Cargo, Inland Waterways
A vessel designed for the transportation of Break Bulk Cargoes, May Be Single Or Multi Decked. Not designed for operation in open sea.
General Cargo/Passenger Ship
A general cargo ship with accommodation for the carriage of more than 12 passengers
General Cargo/Passenger Ship, Inland Waterways
A vessel designed for the transportation of dry cargo and with capacity for carriage of passengers. Not designed for operation in open sea
General Cargo/Tanker
A general cargo ship fitted with tanks for the additional carriage of liquid cargo
General Cargo/Tanker (Container/oil/bulk - COB ship)
A general cargo ship with reversible hatch covers; one side is flush and the other is fitted with baffles for use with liquid cargoes. Containers can be carried on the hatch covers in dry cargo mode
General Purpose Tanker
Tanker ranging in size between 10,000-24,999 DWT
Generator Set (Gen Set)
A portable generator which can be attached to a refrigerated container to power the refrigeration unit during transit.
Genotoxic
Capable of causing injury to the genetic component of cells.
GENS
GENeralS or general cargo
GENWAYBILL
General Sea Waybill
