Maritime Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms

Refining in transit

Engine room platform (OCIMF acronym)

Regional Marine Operations

Recommendations for Manifolds of Refrigerated for Gas Carriers for Cargoes

Rate not reported

Registered office

Registered office

Roll-On/Roll-Off

A single or multi deck cargo ship for the carriage of laden vehicles which are loaded via ramps

A vessel designed for the transportation of Ro-Ro Cargo. Not designed for operation in open sea

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.

Anchorage Area

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.

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A vessel equipped to transport rocket sections to isolated launch sites

Phosphate Rock

Return on Investment

To re–book cargo to a later vessel.

Ships specially designed to carry wheeled containers or trailers using interior ramps. Includes all forms of car and truck carriers.

Ships specially designed to carry wheeled containers or trail- ers using interior ramps.

Ship Stability: is when the vessel rotates about the longitudinal (front/back) axis

The side–to–side (athwartship) motion of a vessel.

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.

Roll On/Roll Off

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.

Residual Oil Tank

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Rotterdam

The manner in which a shipment moves; i.e., the carriers handling it and the points at which the carriers interchange.

River Plate or Return Premium

Revolutions Per Minute or Rotations Per Minute

Revolutions (or rotations) per second

Repeat

Required

Regional Response Team

Register of Shipping of the Russia or Rupees (currency of India)

Riots, strikes and civil commotions

Recognized Security Organization

Revenue Tonne or Right Time (of ship departure/arrival)

Measure for capacity by a car which is 4.125 m long, 1.550 m wide and 1.420 m high

Rate to be agreed

Round trip distance

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.

From the French "arrimage" meaning ship's cargo. Damaged cargo was sold at a rummage sale.

RUNNING DAYS or CONSECUTIVE DAYS shall mean Days which follow one immediately after the other.

Complementary equipment for terminal and over–the–road handling containers.

RUNNING HOURS or CONSECUTIVE HOURS shall mean hours which follow one immediately after the other.

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.

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.

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.

Receiver (radio)

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South; Summer loadline

Sale and purchase

Shelter deck

Sale and purchase

Signing and Releasing

S-57/S-63 is the primary format for all type-approved ECDIS systems that meet IMO/SOLAS chart carriage requirements.

An abbreviation of specific gravity.

Same sea and country coast

Said to contain

Side Thruster

Safe Arrival or Subject to Approval

South America; South Australia; South Africa; Safe Anchorage; Salvage Association

Sight Draft or Sea Damage

Shipping and Forwarding Agent

Shipping note

Ship owner

Signing/releasing

Signing and Releasing Bill(s) of Lading

Service Speed or Special Survey or Steamship

Stem, suppliers, receivers, charterers management

Safe Anchorage or South Atlantic or South America or South Africa or South Australia or Sociéte Anonyme

Saturday afternoon/Sundays and holidays excepted.(Excluded)

Stem and Berth in order

Stamped and addressed envelope

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.

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.

A sailing vessel used to train merchant/naval seamen or youth training.

the vertical depth below the water surface in which the vessel moves in

A sailing vessel of unspecified function

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.

Salvage Convention 1989, (IMO)

Single Anchor Leg Mooring

A vessel equipped for salvage operations

A naval auxiliary vessel fitted with salvage equipment.

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..

An embargo imposed by a Government against another country.

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.

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.

Search And Rescue

Search and Rescue Transponder

Satellite Communication

Sattelite communications

Satellite Navigation

Saturday P.M

Saturdays PM Sundays and holidays excluded

Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excluded

Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included