Maritime Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms

Riots, civil commotion and strikes

Rail to Center Manifold

Research octane number

Federal Region Oil & Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Received

Receivers

Road or Running Days

Running down clause

Redelivery

Redelivery; Re-delivery of Vessel on Time Charter

Radar

Roads

Relating (to) or with Reference (to)

REACHABLE ON ARRIVAL shall mean that the charterer undertakes that an available loading or discharging Berth be provided to the Vessel on arrival at the Port which the Vessel can reach safely without delay.

Tank Cleaning: Drying and semi-drying vegetable and animal oils react with oxygen to form a varnish-like polymeric film. This is very difficult to remove from the bulkheads etc. Since heat increases the reaction speed the initial washing of these products must be done with water at ambient temperature without any delay after unloading the cargo.

Tank Cleaning: Isocyanates must never come into contact with water, not even the residues, because the reaction product and insoluble urethane (plus CO2) are very difficult to remove. Such products must be washed with a suitable solvent, that does not contain any water.

Tank Cleaning: Water hardness is formed by the calcium and magnesium content of the water. Sea water has a very high water hardness. Some products like fatty acids and vegetable oils with a high free fatty acid content will form white sticky residues, if they are cleaned with a water of a high water hardness (e.g. sea water).

A description of the tendency of a substance to undergo chemical reaction with the release of energy. Undesirable effects such as pressure build-up, temperature increase, formation of noxious, toxic, or corrosive byproducts may occur because of the reactivity of a substance by heating, burning, direct contact with other materials, or other conditions in use or in storage.

Evaluation based on theoretical (often negotiated) estimates of how much money a refiner or petrochemicals producer can make by processing a feedstock. Many netback deals price oil according to a formula which considers the quantity and spot value of products made from it and the cost of processing. These transactions have a realization basis.

Under ICC and common law, the requirement that a rate not be higher than is necessary to reimburse the carrier for the actual cost of transporting the traffic and allow a fair profit.

An illegal form of discounting or refunding that has the net effect of lowering the tariff price. See also Malpractice.

Received

Recapitulation

Changing the consignee or destination on a bill of lading while shipment is still in transit. Diversion has substantially the same meaning.

A right claim against the guarantors of a loan or draft or bill of exchange.

Advanced equipment package for secure recovery of refrigerants. Satisfies all relevant marine regulations

A label required on shipments of flammable articles.

Re-Delivery

A measure of the oxidizing ability of a solution. A solution with a high redox potential has a high oxidizing ability

Atmospheric fuel oil. See ATMOSPHERIC RESIDUE.

A method of measuring and reporting viscosity which lost popularity in recent years. Tables available from various sources convert Redwood figures to the more widely used Kinematic and Saybolt scales.

Refrigerated

Refrigerated container

Vessel with refrigerated cargo hold(s)

Reference

Refrige-rating/-rated/-ration

A single deck cargo vessel for the carriage of refined sugar. Sugar is loaded in bulk and bagged in transit (BIBO - Bulk In - Bag Out)

see INTERMEDIATE

Processing and manufacturing of petroleum products out of crude oil and other hydrocarbons. Refining begins with simple distillation, and then additional processes are done to minimize the production of heavier/lower value products, such as residual fuel oil, in favor of lighter/higher value products such as gasoline.

The refining factor is used to monitor product losses in the refinery. It is defined as the ratio of percent loss to percent FFA, corrected for moisture and impurities. A refining factor can be calculated for one or more processing stages.

The loss from the original quantity of crude oil resulting from various refining processes. This loss varies considerably depending on the free acid content of the oil, other substances removed during refining and the method of refining.

The product of a catalytic reformer. An aromatics-rich high-octane motor or aviation gasoline blendstock. Many refineries route a part of the reformate they produce through aromatics extraction units to recover the benzene, toluene, and xylenes it contains.

A catalytic processing unit which produces a highly aromatic stream (reformate) used primarily as high-octane blendstock.

The thermal or catalytic conversion of petroleum naphtha into more volatile products of higher octane number. It represents the total effect of numerous simultaneous reactions such as cracking, polymerization, dehydrogenation, and isomerisation.

see NAPHTHENIC NAPHTHA

The velocity of light changes as it travels from one medium to another and the light is then said to have undergone refraction. In effect, the rays of light are bent at the interface between the two media. The refractive index of a substance is the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to the velocity of light in the substance. For practical measurement, air is used as the reference rather than vacuum. For oils and liquid fats, AOCS Method Cc 7-25 is used to measure the refractive index.

Used in refrigeration and freezing plants

A multi deck cargo ship for the carriage of refrigerated cargo at various temperatures

See Cryogenic liquid

Regarding

EU regulation covering ozone-depleting substances which seeks to protect the ozone layer

Process that occurs after LNG has been shipped and transferred to a storage tank. It is then warmed to convert it back into natural gas for distribution via pressurized pipeline to residential, commercial and industrial users.

Kamsarmax, with a maximum length of 229 meters, the maximum length that can load in the port of Kamsar in the Republic of Guinea. Other terms such as Seawaymax, Setouchmax, Dunkirkmax, and Newcastlemax also appear in regional trade.

Recommended Exposure Limit. The highest allowable air concentration that will not injure a person.

A group of points to which rates are made the same as or in relation to rates to other points in group.

See Specific Gravity

To transfer containers from one ship to another when both vessels are controlled by the same network (carrier) manager.

A ship offered for hire by its time-charterer. Large international oil companies, because they take far more tankers on a period basis than anyone else, engage in reletting most frequently.

To sub-charter

Remit

Funds sent by one person to another as payment.

The process of separating animal fat from tissue and cellular structure by the application of heat, pressure, solvent or a combination of these.

Representative

A naval auxiliary vessel for general work and repair operations

A naval auxiliary vessel for homogenous dry cargo

A naval auxiliary vessel. Designed for fuel, lubricants & general stores for transfer to warships at sea.

Capable of causing injury to the male or female reproductive system, causing an interference with propagation of the species

Require

IMO Assembly Resolution

A vessel equipped for research and/or survey (e.g. geophysical, hydrographic)

A research vessel for Naval support

A vessel designed for research. Not designed for operation in open sea

Reservoirs of oil and gas considered to be economically and operationally feasible to extract and refine.

Abbreviation of residue.

The bottoms taken from distillation units. Both atmospheric and vacuum stills yield a residue. The industry sometimes uses "bottoms" to designate this unboiled material. Atmospheric residue can undergo further distillation in a vacuum unit. Heavy fuel oil blending absorbs much of the vacuum residue produced; although some serves as feedstock for coking, asphalt manufacture, and other upgrading processes.

Any natural or synthetic organic compound consisting of a non-crystalline or viscous liquid substance. Natural resins are organic substances that are transparent or translucent, formed in plant secretions. Synthetic resins comprise a large class of synthetic products that have some of the physical properties of natural resins but are different chemically. Most synthetic resins are polymers. The term resin dates from the early years of the plastics industry; it originally referred to naturally occurring amorphous solids such as shellac and rosin. See also plastics.

Responsible Care is the chemical industry's commitment to continuous improvement in all aspects of health, safety and environment performance and to openness in communication about its activities and achievements.

A stationary vessel used as a floating restaurant.

Articles handled only under certain conditions.

Reversible

A ton on which the shipment is freighted. If cargo is rated as weight or measure (W/M), whichever produces the highest revenue will be considered the revenue ton.Weights are based on metric tons and measures are based on cubic meters.RT=1 MT or 1 CBM.

An inland point provided by an all–water carrier’s through bill of lading in the U.S. by first discharging the container in an East Coast port.

Detention. If loading completed sooner than expected at load port, then days saved can be added to discharge operations.

If loading completed sooner than expected at load port, then days saved can be added to discharge operations

REVERSIBLE LAYTIME shall mean an option given to the charterer to add together the time allowed for loading and discharging. Where the option is exercised the effect is the same as a total time being specified to cover both operations.

Request for Proposal

Request for quotation.

Range

Regards

Range

Range

Registro Italiano Navale

Reading in Copy

Ricinoleic acid, whose systematic name is 12-hydroxyleic acid, is found in high degree in castor oil. The oil, ricinoleic acid, or its derivatives, are important to the cosmetics and lubricants industries.

Ship Stability: The product of the weight of the vessel(displacement) and the righting arm(GZ)

RightShip is a boutique ship vetting specialist, promoting safety and efficiency in the global maritime industry, including drybulk.

Registro Italiano

Risk should be clearly distinguished from hazard. Risk is the chance that a given hazardous effect will occur. The use of fire by humans is an example of optimizing the balance between hazard and risk, as fire, being extremely hazardous, must be used under carefully controlled conditions to keep risks to a minimum.

Substances on European priority lists must undergo an in-depth risk assessment covering the risks posed by the priority chemical to man (covering workers, consumers and man exposed via the environment) and the environment (covering the terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric eco-systems and accumulation through the food chain). This risk assessment follows the framework set out in European Commission Regulation (EC) 1488/94 and implemented in the detailed Technical Guidance Documents (TGD) on Risk Assessment for New and Existing Substances. The first draft of the risk assessment reports are written by the Member States which act as "rapporteurs". The Commission mediates the meetings, which attempt to reach consensus on the conclusions of the risk assessments. For more information, see the Chemicals Management section.