RM
Engine room platform (OCIMF acronym)
RMO
Regional Marine Operations
RMRGC
Recommendations for Manifolds of Refrigerated for Gas Carriers for Cargoes
Ro-Ro Cargo Ship
A single or multi deck cargo ship for the carriage of laden vehicles which are loaded via ramps
Ro-Ro Cargo Ship, Inland Waterways
A vessel designed for the transportation of Ro-Ro Cargo. Not designed for operation in open sea
Ro/Ro
A shortening of the term, “Roll On/Roll Off.” A method of ocean cargo service using a vessel with ramps which allows wheeled vehicles to be loaded and discharged without cranes. Also refers to any specialized vessel designed to carry Ro/Ro cargo.
ROB
Remaining on board. The volume of cargo, usually expressed in barrels or cubic meters, left on board a tankship at a particular point of a voyage. Final ROB volumes after the completion of discharge, if too high (& deemed pumpable IAW C/P terms), can result in cargo claims from the charterer to the shipowner.
ROC
Reference Our Cable....(date)
Rocket Launch Support Ship
A vessel equipped to transport rocket sections to isolated launch sites
Roll
To re–book cargo to a later vessel.
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
Ships specially designed to carry wheeled containers or trailers using interior ramps. Includes all forms of car and truck carriers.
Roll–on/Roll–off vessels
Ships specially designed to carry wheeled containers or trail- ers using interior ramps.
Rolling
Ship Stability: is when the vessel rotates about the longitudinal (front/back) axis
Rolling
The side–to–side (athwartship) motion of a vessel.
RON (Research Octane Number)
A rating of the anti-knock properties of a finished motor gasoline or blendstock. The test to determine RON stimulates mild engine operating conditions such as motoring at moderate speeds. The RON method yields higher numbers than the MON (motor octane number) test which reflects heavy loads and high speeds.
RoRo Barge
The Roll On/Roll Off, or RO/RO barge is a deck barge with multiple decks that can accommodate enormous numbers of containers, trailers, or rail cars, allowing them to be wheeled directly onto or off the barge.
ROTLX
Reference Our TeLeX ...(date)
Route
The manner in which a shipment moves; i.e., the carriers handling it and the points at which the carriers interchange.
RP
River Plate or Return Premium
RPM
Revolutions Per Minute or Rotations Per Minute
RPS
Revolutions (or rotations) per second
RRT
Regional Response Team
RS
Register of Shipping of the Russia or Rupees (currency of India)
RS&CC
Riots, strikes and civil commotions
RSO
Recognized Security Organization
RT
Revenue Tonne or Right Time (of ship departure/arrival)
RT43
Measure for capacity by a car which is 4.125 m long, 1.550 m wide and 1.420 m high
Rubber
Synthetic rubber, as opposed to natural rubber (obtained from the exudations of certain tropical trees), is derived from petroleum and natural gas. Because of its elasticity, resilience, and toughness, rubber is the basic constituent of the tires used in automotive vehicles, aircraft, and bicycles. Rubber is also used in electrical insulation, and because it is waterproof, it is a favored material for shoe soles.
Rummage Sale
From the French "arrimage" meaning ship's cargo. Damaged cargo was sold at a rummage sale.
Running Days or Consecutive Days
RUNNING DAYS or CONSECUTIVE DAYS shall mean Days which follow one immediately after the other.
Running Gear
Complementary equipment for terminal and over–the–road handling containers.
Running Hours or Consecutive Hours
RUNNING HOURS or CONSECUTIVE HOURS shall mean hours which follow one immediately after the other.
RVNX
Released Value Not Exceeding: Usually used to limit the value of goods transported. The limitation refers to carrier liability when paying a claim for lost or damaged goods.
RVP
Reid Vapor Pressure. Absolute pressure exerted by the gas produced by evaporation from the liquid, as measured by Reid apparatus under the specific conditions of test temperature, vapor/liquid ratio and air saturation.
RVP
Reid vapor pressure. A measure of the volatility of hydrocarbons. The Reid test can measure volatility at any practical temperature. A testing temperature must accompany any RVP report to make it most informative. Ordinarily, the feedstock and petroleum products trade uses RVP numbers measured at 100F.
RYC
Reference Your Cable...(date)
RYTLX
Reference Your TeLeX...(date)
S & P or SANDP
Sale and purchase
S-57/S-63
S-57/S-63 is the primary format for all type-approved ECDIS systems that meet IMO/SOLAS chart carriage requirements.
s.G
An abbreviation of specific gravity.
s.s. & c. or SS and C
Same sea and country coast
S/A
Safe Arrival or Subject to Approval
S/A or SA
South America; South Australia; South Africa; Safe Anchorage; Salvage Association
S/D
Sight Draft or Sea Damage
S/FA
Shipping and Forwarding Agent
S/R B/L or S+R B/L or SRBL
Signing and Releasing Bill(s) of Lading
S/S
Service Speed or Special Survey or Steamship
S/S/R/CMA
Stem, suppliers, receivers, charterers management
SA
Safe Anchorage or South Atlantic or South America or South Africa or South Australia or Sociéte Anonyme
SA/SHEX
Saturday afternoon/Sundays and holidays excepted.(Excluded)
SABIO
Stem and Berth in order
SAE
Stamped and addressed envelope
SAFE Port Act
Is the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 which is an Act of Congress in the United States that covers port security.
Safety Case
Some countries such as Canada, Australia, Norway and the UK require a Safety Case to be developed before permission is given to develop and operate an oil field. Various safety studies are conducted and reviewed. If approved, the oil company is allowed to operate the oil or gas field providing all conditions of the Safety Case are and continue to be met.
Sail Training Ship
A sailing vessel used to train merchant/naval seamen or youth training.
Sailing Draft
the vertical depth below the water surface in which the vessel moves in
Sailing Vessel
A sailing vessel of unspecified function
SAL
Single Anchor Loading - Consists of a single or double mooring line attached to a suction anchor or pile on the seabed. A swivel stands on top of anchor. The oil flow is carried through a flexible hose up to the ship, which "weathervanes" freely around the anchor point.
SALCON
Salvage Convention 1989, (IMO)
SALM
Single Anchor Leg Mooring
Salvage Ship
A vessel equipped for salvage operations
Salvage Vessel, Naval Auxiliary
A naval auxiliary vessel fitted with salvage equipment.
SAN
Styrene-acrylonitrile. SAN is a transparent, rigid styrenic plastic offering high chemical resistance, used mainly in the automotive, electrical and electronics industry, as well as in household applications and building products..
Sanction
An embargo imposed by a Government against another country.
SAP
Single Anchor Production - Involves placing a multi-path production swivel on a seabed anchor. Can be used in most water depths and is expected to have a large potential in combination with subsea production equipment.
Saponification Value
The saponification value is defined as the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to saponify completely one gram of the substance. It is a measure of the free and combined fatty acids present. By deducting the acid value from the saponification value, we obtain the ester value representing only the combined fatty acids in the neutral oil. The mean molecular weight of the fat can be calculated from the saponification value. The amount of glycerine in the neutral oil can be calculated from the ester value. The saponification value is measured by saponifying a known weight of an oil or fat with an excess of an alcoholic solution of potassium hydroxide followed by titration of the remaining alcoholic alkali with standard acid.
SART
Search and Rescue Transponder
SATCOM
Satellite Communication
SATCOMS
Sattelite communications
SATNAV
Satellite Navigation
SATPMSHEX;
Saturdays PM Sundays and holidays excluded
SATSHEX or SSHEX
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excluded
SATSHINC or SSHINC
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included
Saturated Acids
Important components of fats and oils. The most common saturated fatty acids are palmitic, stearic, lauric and myristic.
saturates
Hydrocarbons with no multiple bonds. Paraffins and naphthenes.
SATV
Safe Access to Vessels Working Group
SB
Safe berth or Southbound
SBA
Secondary Butyl Alcohol
SBM
Single Buoy Mooring or Soy Bean Meal
SBR
Styrene-Butadiene Rubber. SBR is a rubber manufactured from styrene. Because of its excellent abrasion resistance, it is widely used in automobile and truck tires, as well as for carpet backing and paper coating. Other applications are in belting, flooring, wire and cable insulation, and footwear..
SBT
Segregated Ballast Tanks: These are tanks that are completely segregated from the cargo oil and fuel oil systems and which are permanently allocated to the carriage of ballast. Requirements for meeting the SBT criteria are detailed in MARPOL 13.
SBT/PL
Segregated Ballast Tanks Protectively Located
SC&S
Strapped, corded and sealed
SCAC
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
Scaling Temperature
The temperature, above which steel oxidizes at a high rate
Scantling Draft
the maximum draft at which a vessel complies with the governing strength requirements of classification societies.
SCBRA
Speed Reduction and Bunker Consumption Algorithm
Schedule B
The Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States.
SCM
Stern to Center Manifold
SCNT
Suez Canal Net Tonnage
SCOS
Submerged Crude Oil Storage - This Teekay-designed system stores crude oil underwater in an inflatable balloon-type structure made of a flexible polyester fabric, with a coating impervious to seawater and oil.
SCP
Sub-area Contingency Plan (10 regional plans that supplement the AK Unified Plan)
screen
Oil trading jargon for the electronic network quotes of futures market prices. Other nicknames include "the TV" and "the print." The industry discusses physical market activity and does business at levels which sound like "screen plus 25" and "85 points under the print."
SCUBA
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Scuttlebutt
A butt was a barrel. Scuttle meant to chop a hole in something. The scuttlebutt was a water barrel with a hole cut into it so that sailors could reach in and dip out drinking water. The scuttlebutt was the place where the ship's gossip was exchanged.
SD
Self-Discharging or Single Deck or Sight Draft or Short Delivery
SD or SELFD or SELFDISCH
Self Discharging
SDBC
Single Decker bulk carrier
SDBL
Sight draft, B/L attached
SDR
Special Drawing Rights (IMF)
SDSTBC
Single Decker Self-trimming bulk carrier
Sea Waybill
Document indicating the goods were loaded onboard when a document of title (b/L) is not needed. Typically used when a company is shipping goods to itself.
Sea–Bee Vessels
Ocean vessels constructed with heavy–duty submersible hydraulic lift or elevator system at the stern of the vessel. The Sea–Bee system facilitates forward transfer and positioning of barges. Sea–Bee barges are larger than LASH barges. The Sea–Bee system is no longer used.
SEAFREIGHT
Costs charged for transporting goods over the sea. This SEAFREIGHT does not cover any haulage or loading/discharging costs but the sea transport only.
Seagoing (voyage)
The part of a voyage that is not wholly within inland waterways or harbour walls / port limits.
Seagoing Barges
"Self-propelled barges or towed/pushed dumb barges which are classed for sea-going trade, or which may be classified for estuarial or restricted seagoing voyages between nominated ports. Seagoing barges may be mandated by international conventions, and may also be regulated by local, national or regional regimes."
Seal Catcher
A vessel equipped for catching seals
Search & Rescue Vessel
A vessel equipped for rapid response search & rescue operations
Seawaymax
The term Seawaymax refers to vessels which are the maximum size that can fit through the canal locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Seawaymax vessels are 740 feet (225.6 m) in length, 78 feet (23.8 m) wide, and have a draft of 26 feet (7.92 m) and a height above the waterline of 35.5 metres (116 ft).
Seawaymax Vessel
The largest vessel that can transit the locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Length is 226 meters (740 feet); Beam is 24 meters (78 feet); Draft is 7.92 meters (26 feet).
Seaworthiness
The fitness of a ship to safely load, transport and discharge a particular cargo, with respect to the hazards of the sea. Seaworthiness is a key component of any kind of charter party. See Unseaworthy.
secondary processing
Cracking, alkylation, and other molecule alteration. Refining beyond the capabilities of a topping plant or hydroskimmer.
Secure Freight Initiative (SFI)
It is a key provision of the SAFE Port Act of 2006 and is part of the International Container Security scanning project. It builds on its current partnership between the Container Security Initiative and the Megaports Initiative. It expands the use of scanning and imaging equipment to examine more U.S. bound containers, not just those determined to be high risk.
Security Level 1
Is the level for which minimum appropriate protective security measures shall be maintained at all times.
Security Level 2
Is the level for which appropriate additional protective security measures shall be maintained for a period of time as a result of heightened risk of a security incident.
Security Level 3
Is the level for which further specific protective security measures shall be maintained for a limited period of time when a security incident is probable or imminent, although it may not be possible to identify the specific target.
SED
U.S. Commerce Department document, “Shipper’s Export Declaration.”
SEEMP
Ships Energy Efficiency Management Plan
Segregated Ballast
Ballast that is contained in dedicated ballast tanks serviced by dedicated ballast pumps and lines with no permanent connection to the cargo system.
segregated ballast tanks (SBT)
Chambers on a tanker used exclusively to hold ballast water. Ships so equipped need not fill cargo tanks with sea water on unladen voyages. Such vessels need not worry that they will pump oil traces overboard when they deballast.
segregation
Keeping two or more parcels of crude or product isolated from one another aboard a tanker. Ability to prevent contact between part-cargoes may depend upon not only separate tanks but also separate pumps and piping to handle each grade. The trade would say that a ship which can keep apart three kinds of oil has "three segregations."
Selective Corrosion
Corrosion of an alloy in which the components react in proportions that differ from their proportions in the alloy
Selfdischargers
Bulkers with conveyor belts, or with the use of an excavator that is fitted on a traverse running over the vessel's entire hatch, and that is able to move sideways as well. This allows them to discharge their cargo quickly and efficiently
SEMI-TRAILERS
Are usually 12.0 meter flatbed road trailers
Sensitization
Exposure to the substance results in stimulation of the immune system, resulting in a state of hypersensitivity to the substance. Sensitization by skin contact results in local allergic responses. Sensitization by inhalation (respiratory sensitization) causes asthma
Sensitizer
A substance which may cause no reaction in a person during initial exposure, but to which further exposure will cause an allergic response.
Sensitizing
A heat treatment that makes steel more sensitive to intergranular corrosion
Sensory irritant
A material which interacts with nerves in exposed body surfaces, causing local discomfort or pain with associated reflexes. For example, on the eye a sensory irritant material will cause eye discomfort with excess tear production and blinking
SERM
SERM - SIRE Enhanced Report Manager: SIRE Tanker and Barge Reports and VPQs/BPQs are available electronically 24 hours a day, 365 days per year via the internet to qualified Recipients. SIRE recipients are kept abreast of details of reports held in the d
Service
A string of vessels which makes a particular voyage and serves a particular market.
Service Contract
As provided in the Shipping Act of 1984, a contract between a shipper (or a shippers association) and an ocean common carrier (or conference) in which the shipper makes a commitment to provide a cer- tain minimum quantity of cargo or freight revenue over a fixed time period, and the ocean common carrier or conference commits to a certain rate or rate schedule as well as a defined service level (such as assured space, transit time, port rotation or similar service features). The contract may also specify provisions in the event of nonperformance on the part of either party.
Sesame Oil
The oil obtained from the seeds of ""Sesamum Indicum"" and ""Sesamum Orientale"". An edible oil grown and prized in some Middle East countries, in India and in Central America. Sesame oil gives a characteristic colour reaction and is a required addition to vanaspati in India, to enable the detection of mixtures of vanaspati with ghee.
severity
The degree of application of pressure, temperature, duration, or other critical processing conditions. The more exposure of a feedstock to factors which promote an intended reaction, the more severe the processing. Higher temperatures, greater pressures, longer residence times, and so forth, constitute greater severity in various processes.
SF
Stowage Factor or Single Factor or San Francisco or Summer Freeboard
SFA
Securities and Futures Authority
SG
Steering gear room (OCIMF acronym)
SHE
Safety, Health and Environment
Sheerlegs Pontoon
A pontoon with sheerlegs for lifting
SHEX
Sundays and Holidays Excluded
SHEXEIU
Sundays and holidays excepted, even if used
SHEXEIU
Sundays and holidays excepted, even if used both ends
SHEXEIUBE
Sundays and holidays excepted, even if used both end
SHEXUU
Sundays and holidays excepted, unless used
SHINC
Sundays and Holidays Included
Ship
Means all self propelled vessels in excess of 100 tons gross, designed for the carriage of bulk oil, liquefied gas or chemicals and which are chartered for sea going trade, i.e. a seagoing tanker vessel
Ship Chandler
An individual or company selling equipment and supplies for ships.
Ship Demurrage
A charge for delaying a steamer beyond a stipulated period.
Ship Load
The amount of cargo a ship carries or is able to carry. See also “Full Shipload Lot” and “Full and Down.”
Ship Security Officer
Is the person on board the vessel, accountable to the master, designated by the Company as respon- sible for the security of the ship, including implementation and maintenance of the ship security plan and for the liaison with the company security officer and the port facility security officers.
Ship Security Plan
Is a plan developed to ensure the application of measures on board the ship and designed to protect persons on board, cargo, cargo transport units, ship’s stores or the ship from the risks of a security incident.
ship's figures
A quantity of cargo loaded or discharged by a tanker as tabulated using the ship's calibration tables. The trade regularly compares these numbers with shore tank figures. Observers take samples of cargo as it comes aboard. But they do not ordinarily have them tested for quality unless a dispute arises. Most outturn quality reports, on the other hand, come from samples taken from the vessel's tanks at the discharge port.
Ship-shape and Bristol Fashion
A reference to the precise nature of shipbuilding (and maintenance) as well as the exemplary work that came from Bristol shipyards.
Ship-to-Ship Transfer
The unloading of cargo from large vessels into smaller vessels that are able to enter smaller ports.
Ship’s Bells
Measure time onboard ship. One bell sounds for each half hour. One bell means 12:30, two bells mean 1:00, three bells mean 1:30, and so on until 4:00 (eight bells). At 4:30 the cycle begins again with one bell.
Ship’s Manifest
A statement listing the particulars of all shipments loaded for a specified voyage.
