Maritime Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms

A nickname for kerosene-range aviation turbine fuel. A somewhat longer expression, jet kero, also enjoys wide popularity as a substitute for the formal designation.

Jet fuel

ASTM's designation for the most common grade of aviation turbine fuel.

A shortened version of “jet kerosene.” See aviation turbine fuel.

Jettison

Structural features that provide obstructions to littoral drift, control entrance currents, prevent or reduce shoaling in the entrance channel, maintain channel alignment, and provide protection from waves for navigation (EM 1110-2-1613).

Act of throwing cargo or equipment (jetsam) overboard when a ship is in danger.

Just In Time: In this method of inventory control, warehousing is minimal or non–existent; the container is the movable warehouse and must arrive “just in time;” not too early nor too late.

A rate applicable from a point on one transportation line to a point on another line, made by agreement and published in a single tariff by all transportation lines over which the rate applies.

Two or more shipping companies jointly operating a service

An Inspection carried out by a surveyor on behalf of two parties with the cost generally being borne by both. Generally, cargo surveys often fall under this category, but surveys are carried out for a myriad of reasons, including but not limited to on and off-hire, vettings and damage surveys.

A Joint Venture is a contractual arrangement whereby two or more parties control jointly an economic activity. The economic activity is carried through a separate enterprise (company or partnership, it is handled as a jointly controlled enterprise. Joint

Jet B. A common grade of military jet fuel. The industry habitually calls this product naphtha-type jet because it has a lower boiling range than civil jet kero.

A heart cut of jet A-1 favored aboard aircraft carriers for its high flash point.

Japan Petrochemical Industry Association

Japan

Yugoslav Register

Japanese Shipowners' Association

Japanese Styrene Industry Association .

Japan Standard Time (GMT+9)

Old rope no longer able to take a load, it was cut into shorter lengths and used to make mops and mats.

A temporary repair to keep a disabled ship sailing until it could make port, such as a jury sail erected when the mast was lost or a jury rudder as an emergency means of steering when the ship’s rudder was damaged.

Joint venture

Kilo or Knot

Ship Stability: Symbol for keel

Octanol-water partition coefficient. The ratio of a chemical's solubility in n-octanol and water at steady state; also expressed as P. The logarithm of P or K OW (i.e., log P or K OW) is used as an indication of a chemical's propensity of bioconcentration by aquatic organisms.

Knocked down

Knocked down flat

A Kamsarmax type bulk carrier is basically a 82,000 dwt Panamax with an increased LOA = 229 m (for Port Kamsar in Equatorial Guinea).

The measurement of small amounts of water in oils and fats is most suitably done by the Karl Fischer procedure in which the water is reacted with a special reagent. Unlike methods using oven drying, the Karl Fischer method is specific for water. It is particularly suitable for water contents below 0.2% in oil.

Ship Stability: Linear, distance from the keel to the center of buoyancy.

Longitudinal girder at lowest point of a ship, from which the framework is built up. The keel provides ship with stability and structural integrity.

A vessel equipped for harvesting kelp seaweed

Kerosene

A petroleum product which boils between naphtha gasoil. This cut's distillation range can vary to accommodate other products. Many refiners want to take naphtha as high as 350 or 375 F. In those cases, the kerosene cut has a rather high initial boiling point. Many crudes permit a good quality kerosene to start as light as 320 –330 F. For some crudes, kero's final boiling point might come as low as 450 F while for others it may exceed 500 F. Aviation turbine fuel, jet gives kerosene a large outlet. Household heating and illuminating markets also consume kerosene.

An important starting material and intermediate in organic synthesis. Many ketones of industrial significance are used as solvents, perfumes, and flavoring agents or as intermediates in the manufacture of plastics, dyes, and pharmaceuticals.

Ship Stability: Height of center of gravity of the vessel above keel or baseline

Kilogram

Klasifikasi Indonesia

1,000 grams or 2.2046 pounds.

A measure of liquid's rate of flow under gravity. The standard test of this property determines the time a sample of material requires to drain through a laboratory vessel.

A coupling pin centered on the front underside of a chassis; couples to the tractor.

cargo refrigerating system

Knot(s)

Nautical miles per hour

Articles which are taken apart to reduce the cubic footage displaced or to make a better shipping unit and are to be re–assembled

Preignition. If the gasolineair vapor in a motor's cylinders is too compressed, the heat produced will cause it to ignite without the aid of a spark. This uncontrolled combustion probably will not occur at the ideal moment to transfer energy and promote rotation of the crankshaft. In audible cases, the exploding fuel charge expands against a rising piston creating vibrations and an accompanying rattle.

One nautical mile (6,076 feet or 1852 meters) per hour. In the days of sail, speed was measured by tossing overboard a log which was secured by a line. Knots were tied into the line at intervals of ap- proximately six feet. The number of knots measured was then compared against time required to travel the distance of 1000 knots in the line.

A loss discovered before or at the time of delivery of a shipment.

Limited partnership. A form of shipfinancing

Kilos

Kilometres per hour

Korean Petrochemical Industry Association .

Korea or Korean Register

Koreans

Knott(s)

Kilo ton

Keel To Mast

International agreement, adopted under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Loss and Damage

Lake and rail

Laden

Length / breadth / height

Long tons

Long Tons (2240 lbs)

Liner Terms

Long tons

Lay Can or Letter of credit

Laydays/Canceling date

Letter of credit

Loading / discharging

Letter of indemnity

Loading Port

Lumpsum

Los Angeles (USA) or Letter of Authority or Letter of Appointment

A material which produces an excess production of tear fluid when it comes into contact with the eye.

Loaded aboard a vessel.

Refers to the freight shipped; the contents of a shipment.

Bulkers prominent on the Great Lakes, often identifiable by having a forward house which helps in transiting locks. Operating in fresh water, these ships suffer much less corrosion damage and have a much longer lifespan than saltwater ships.

Great Lakes (US/CA)

Movement of cargo by water from one country through the port of another country, thence, using rail or truck, to an inland point in that country or to a third country. As example, a through movement of Asian cargo to Europe across North America.

The total cost of a good to a buyer, including the cost of transportation.

Certificate issued by consular officials of some importing countries at the point or place of export when the subject goods are exported under bond.

An open deck cargo vessel onto which cargo is loaded and unloaded over a bow door/ramp

A support fixed on the front part of a chassis (which is retractable); used to support the front end of a chassis when the tractor has been removed.

A combat vessel designed for the transport of troops, using a semi submersible dock to launch landing craft or helicopters, and with ro-ro ramp facilities

whereby each unit of space (Linear Meter) is represented by an area of deck 1.0 meter in length x 2.0 meters in width.

Primarily used to indicate the cargo capacity of a roll–on/roll–off car carrier. It is one meter of deck with a width of 2.5 to 3.0 meters.

The rendered fat of the pig. One of the traditional cooking fats, especially in Europe and USA. The best quality lard is obtained from the internal fats surrounding the kidney etc. Pork backfat is significantly softer in character.

Lighter Aboard Ship

Latitude or Lowest Astronomical Tide

A water emulsion of a synthetic rubber or plastic obtained by polymerization and used especially in coatings, paints and adhesives. Latices include a binder dispersed in the water and form films by fusion of the plastic particles as the water evaporates. Properties of these films, such as hardness, flexibility, toughness, adhesion, color retention, and resistance to chemicals, depend on the composition of the plastic.

A tanker for the bulk carriage of latex

Lauric acid is a commonly distributed, naturally occurring saturated fatty acid (C12:0). The richest common sources of lauric acid are coconut, palm kernel and babassu oils.

The largest volume lauric fats and oils are coconut and palm kernel, which are vital to the manufacture of surfactants among other applications. Lauric oils typically contain 40-50% lauric acid (C12) in combination with lesser amounts of other relatively low-molecular-weight fatty acids.

Oils containing 40-50% lauric acids (C12 ) in combination with other relatively low molecular weight fatty acids. Coconut and palm kernel oils are principal examples.

Laydays/cancelling

The period when a spot chartered ship must arrive to load a cargo. The word combines “laydays” and “cancellation” as does the concept. Charter parties specify a range of days when the terminal will receive the ship which corresponds to the laydays of the stem. This period ends with the last moment a ship can give notice of readiness to berth and lift a cargo within its laydays. If the tanker does not arrive by that point, the charterer usually has several options including cancelling the charter.

The ship-loading window allotted to a parcel of oil. A supplier names a period of time when his customer must lift the oil he has purchased. Cargoes get several days, barges perhaps a single day, consistent with the time required to load the quantity involved. The window takes account of the flexibility needed in commercial shipping. But it also considers shore tank capabilities and the need to use terminals and berths efficiently. Laydays, also called stem dates, can become the identity tag of a cargo. A refinery, for instance, which continuously produces and ships a grade of motor gasoline cannot make many practical distinctions between one lot and another. Hence, the trade talks about some oil company's July 14-16 unleaded regular or December7-9 DERD –2494.

A specific number of hours, named in the pertinent charter party, a tanker must prepare to spend on berth at the shipowner's expense. Details vary from one fixture to another. Usually, though, owner and charterer agree on a total laytime for a voyage which must accommodate loading and discharge. The charterer pays for any hours over that number as demurrage.