Maritime Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms

International Chamber of Shipping

Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers

In connection with

Import duty or Inside diameter

International Date Line

Stands for “Immediate Exit.” In the U.S., Customs IE Form is used when goods are brought into the U.S. and are to be immediately re–exported without being transported within the U.S.

Institute of Freight Forwarders

Intermediate fuel oil

Inert Gas

International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquified Gases in Bulk (IMO)

Import general manifest

Includes heat, sparks, flames, static electricity and friction. Ignition sources should always be eliminated.

Inert Gas System

Inert gas system. If tankships let air fill their tanks as they pump out oil, an explosive mixture of hydrocarbon vapor and oxygen can form. Any spark, such as static electricity, could cause catastrophe. To eliminate this danger, modern vessels vent their tanks with gas which will not support combustion. Some use oxygen-depleted exhaust from the ship's engines. The most sophisticated systems fill empty space in tanks with nitrogen.

Indicated Horse Power

International Longshoremen's Association

Industry Lifeboat Group

see BURNING KEROSENE

International Labour Organization

In Lieu of Hold Cleaning

In Lieu of Weighing

integrated Marine Assurance System - BP's vetting system.

International Maritime Bureau

Intergovernmental Maritime Consultitive Organisation

International Maritime Dangerous Goods (Code)

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

International Monetary Fund

International Medical Guide for Ships

An entry that allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be exported from the same port without the payment of duty.

In this guidebook, means that material does not mix readily with water.

A thermodynamically stable condition

Capable of causing injury to the immune system and to interfere with body defense mechanisms.

International Maritime Organisation: A specialised agency of the United Nations based in London and dealing with maritime affairs. Originally formed to evolve international machinery to improve safety at sea IMO has now broadened its brief to include th

Ship type 1, 2 or 3 refers to the design of ship needed to carry a particular cargo depending on its environmental and safety profile. The designs are outlined in the IBC Code. Type 2(k) relates to the provision for Ship Type identified in column e of chapter 17 of the IBC Code that might be subject to regulation 4.1.3 of Annex II of MARPOL 73/78

A type 1 ship is a chemical tanker intended to transport chapter 17 products with very severe environmental and safety hazards which require maximum preventive measures to preclude an escape of such cargo.

A type 2 ship is a chemical tanker intended to transport chapter 17 products with appreciably severe environmental and safety hazards which require significant preventive measures to preclude an escape of such cargo.

A type 3 ship is a chemical tanker intended to transport chapter 17 products with sufficiently severe environmental and safety hazards which require a moderate degree of containment to increase survival capability in a damaged condition.

See Erosion Corrosion

To receive goods from a foreign country.

A document required and issued by some national governments authorizing the importation of goods.

This refers to insoluble extraneous matter found in oils and fats. It may consist of dirt and miscellaneous debris, mineral matter, nitrogenous materials of animal or vegetable origin and carbohydrate substances such as vegetable fibres. Impurities are determined by weighing the dry residue obtained after they are separated from the sample which has been dissolved in a specific solvent, usually petroleum ether.

CMS -Incident Management Team

Goods carried below or on deck

Cargo moving under Customs control where duty has not yet been paid.

The transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container is received by a rail terminal or water port from another carrier.

In liquidation

Currently means something is about to happen, as in - "There is a reorganization in the offing." From the 16th century usage meaning a good distance from shore, barely visible from land, as in - "We sighted a ship in the offing."

In transit, or in passage.

The practice of pumping various motor gasoline components from their individual storage tanks into a single pipe and mixing them in the process. Gasoline made in such fashion generally is intended for bulk in shipment. Typically it flows directly aboard a vessel after blending. Refiners with limited capability to store a particular grade of gasoline frequently use this method.

Inch (-es)

A lower–than–usual tariff rate assessed because a shipper offers a greater volume than specified in the tariff. The incentive rate is assessed for that portion exceeding the normal volume.

A vessel equipped for the (now illegal) incineration of waste material at sea

Including

Including Overtime

Including Overtime

Internaitonal Commercial Terms: A list of standard contract terms which specify the obligations for the delivery of goods in International Contracts particularly traded commodities. It is compiled and published the International Chamber of Commerce.

The recognized abbreviation for the International Chamber of Commerce Terms of Sale. These terms were last amended, effective July 1, 1990.

Independent or Indication

An agreement to hold a carrier harmless with regard to a liability.

Setting rate within a conference tariff that is different from the rate(s) for the same items established by other conference members.

The inspection and testing organizations hired by petroleum companies to determine how much and what quality of oil changed hands in performance on a deal. In the interest of impartiality, buyers and sellers usually share the cost of inspections.

Any body of rate tariffs that are not part of an agreement or conference system.

A suggestion given by a prospective buyer or seller of what he might do. Indications imply no commitments. At this level of discussions, folks can change their minds without serious consequences.

Indonesia

Placing a port on a vessel’s itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.

The atmosphere introduced into the ullage space of a tank to reduce its oxygen content to 8% O2 or less in order to prevent ignition of the vapour or cargo. Inert gas on vessels is usually the cleaned products of combustion from a boiler or inert gas gen

Inert gas, usually nitrogen, put in the ullage space in a pressurised tank to prevent air oxidation of the product.

A non propelled pontoon used for the purpose of generating Inert Gas

A combat vessel with a bow ramp for landing or loading infantry

Information

The visible light is only a small fraction of the electromagnetic waves. Waves with wavelength longer than the visible red are generally called infrared radiation. Infrared radiation is that section of the spectrum covering the range from the limit of the visible spectrum to the shortest microwave. Both infrared and ultraviolet spectra are useful in the analysis and identification of fats.

An insurance term referring to any defect or other characteristic of a product that could result in dam- age to the product without external cause (for example, instability in a chemical that could cause it to explode spontaneously). Insurance policies may exclude inherent vice losses.

The temperature where a natural material or fraction begins to boil.

Towboats push barges on the nation's inland waterways loaded with materials and products that are the building blocks of America's economy - coal, grain, petroleum products, petrochemicals, fertilizers, sand, gravel, metal scrap, etc. One tow can be comprised of anywhere from one to 40 barges

Self-propelled barges or dumb barges employed in port areas, on inland waterways sheltered or estuarial waters, which are not classified as seagoing vessels, including tankers not covered by international convention. Inland barges may be regulated by local, national or regional regimes.

An inland bill of lading allows the transporter to move goods across domestic land, via rail or truck. If the goods are to be shipped overseas, an addition document known as an "ocean bill of lading" is required. The inland bill only allows the materials to reach the shore, while the ocean bill allows its transport overseas.

A transportation line that hauls export or import traffic between ports and inland points.

International Maritime Satellite (organization): An international telecommunications company founded in 1979, originally as an intergovernmental organization. It operates a fleet of telecommunications satellites

If New York, not north of George Washington bridge

Not based on a carbon structure eg caustic soda, phosphoric acid

Inorganic is said of any substance in which two or more chemical elements other than carbon are combined. Every chemical is either inorganic or organic.

Integrated Navigation System

Insert or Insurance

Inspection or Inspector

A certificate issued by an independent agent or firm attesting to the quality and/or quantity of the merchandise being shipped. Such a certificate is usually required in a letter of credit for commodity shipments.

Instant or Present month

Clauses oficially accepted by the Institute of clauses London Underwriters

Successive shipments are permitted under letters of credit. Usually they must take place within a given period of time.

A container insulated on the walls, roof, floor, and doors, to reduce the effect of external temperatures on the cargo.

The frame of a container constructed to hold one or more thermally insulated tanks for liquids.

This type of clause covers merchandise if the damage amounts to three percent or more of the in- sured value of the package or cargo. If the vessel burns, sinks, or collides, all losses are fully covered. In marine insurance, the word average describes partial damage or partial loss.

This type of insurance offers the shipper the broadest coverage available, covering against all losses that may occur in transit.

In water transportation, the deliberate sacrifice of cargo to make the vessel safe for the remaining cargo.Those sharing in the spared cargo proportionately cover the loss.

A Marine insurance term which refers to partial loss on an individual shipment from one of the perils insured against, regardless of the balance of the cargo. Particular–average insurance can usually be obtained, but the loss must be in excess of a certain percentage of the insured value of the shipment, usually three to five percent, before a claim will be allowed by the company.

Organizations which find, produce, transport, and refine oil, and market oil products. Less complete enterprises concentrate on a part of this sequence. The industry calls its largest integrated companies the majors.

International Association of Dry Cargo shipowners

A location where one carrier delivers freight to another carrier.

All fats have a common basic chemical structure, being triglycerides. However, because the fatty acids in combination vary, the physical properties of different fats are not identical. In general, liquid character is imparted by unsaturated acids and by short chain length saturated acids. Solid character is imparted by long chain saturated acids or by unsaturated acids in the transconfiguration. Since liquid oils can be changed by hydrogenation into solid fats, a substantial degree of interchangeability exists between the different products. This interchangeability is however limited. For example, it is not practicable to turn saturated (solid) acids in unsaturated (liquid). Also, the short chain saturated acids impart certain desirable qualities which cannot be obtained otherwise. Nonetheless, interchangeability is an important factor in determining the market price relationship between various oils.

Water service between two coasts; in the U.S., this usually refers to water service between the Atlantic and Pacific or Gulf Coasts.

Corrosion in or adjacent to the grain boundaries of a metal