Abbriviations on ships

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1 2 3 4 5 6

A. & C.P. a. a. a.a.r. A.C. A.F. A.H.

Anchors and chains proved. Always afloat. Against all risks. Account current. Advanced Freight. Anno Hegirae. (Epoch of Mohammedan calendar).

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

a.h. a.m. A.M.C. A.R. A.T. A.V. a/c A/d A/or A/P. A/S abt. Acc. Ad. val. Add. Agt. Av. B & D.l. B. b. B.A. B.B. B.C. B.C. B.C. B.D.S.T. B.P.B. B.S. B.S. b.t.

After hatch. Ante meridiem. Armed 'Merchant Cruiser. All risks. American Terms (grain). Ad valorem. Account, Altered course. After date. And or. Additional premium. After sight. Alongside. About Accepted, acceptance. Ad valorem. Addressed. Agent. Against. Average. Births and Deaths, Form 1. Bale. Bag. Blue sky. Buenos Aires. Bill Book, Below bridges. British Corporation. Bristol Channel. Buyers' Option. Branch Office. British Double Summer Time Bank Post Bill. British Survey. Balance Sheet Balance Sheet. Berth Terms.

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37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

B.T.U. B/L B/S B/s B/St. Brl. Bs/L. C.& D. c.& f. c.& i. c.a. C.B. & H. C.C.

Board of Trade Unit. Bill of Lading. Bill of Sate. Bill of Store. Bags. Bales Bill of Sight. Barrel. Bills of Lading. Collected and delivered. Cost and freight. Cost and insurance. Current account. Continent, Bordeaux to Hamburg. Civil commotions. Continuation. Clause.

50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

c.f. C.F. c.f.i. C.f.o. C.G.A C.H. & H. C.I. C.I.E. c.i.f. c.i.f.& e. c.I.f.c.i.

Carried forward. Cubic feet. Copper fastened. Cost, freight and insurance. Coast for orders. Channel for orders. Cargo's proportion of General Average. Continent between Havre and Hamburg. Consular Invoice. Captain's imperfect entry. Cost, insurance and freight. Cost insurance freight and exchange. Cost, insurance freight, commission and interest.

61

c.i.f.L.t.

Cost, insurance and freight, London terms..

62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

C.O.D. C.P.D. C.R. C.S. C.T. C.T.C. c.t.l.o. C.W. C/-

Cash on delivery, Charterers pay dues. Current rate. Carriers' risk. Cotton seed. Colliery screened (coal). Califomian terms (grain trade) Corn Trade Clauses. Constructive total loss only. Commerical weight. Case.

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71

C/D.

Commercial dock. Consular declaration.

72 73 74 75

c/l. C/N. C/N. C/O

Craft loss. Cover not. Credit note. Consignment note. Case oil. Certificate of Origin. Cash order.

76

C/P

Charter Party. Custom of Port (Grain trade).

77 78 79

ck. Cld. Cont (A H )

Cask. Cleared. Continent of Europe. Antwerp-Hamburg range

80

Cont. (B.H.)

Continent of Europe, Bordeaux-Hamburg range

81

Cont. (H.H.)

Continent of Europe, Havre-Hamburg range.

82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

Corn. d. D.B. D.B. D.B. D.B.B. D.B.S. D.B.S.T. D.D. d.f. d.l.o. D.O.T. D.T. D.W., d.w. D/A

97 98 99 100 101

D/A D/C D/D D/D D/D

Continent of Europe. Drizzling rain. Double bottom/s/ed. Deals and battens. Donkey boiler. Deals, battens and boards. Distressed British seaman. Double British Summer Time Damage done. Dead freight. Dispatch loading only. Department of Overseas Trade Deep tank. Deadweight. Dock warrant. Discharge afloat. Days after acceptance. Documents against acceptance. Deposit account. Deviation Clause. Demand draft Days after date. Delivered at docks.

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102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133

D/N D/O D/P D/R D/S Dbk. dd. dd/s dwc. E. & O. E. e. ?? E.C.C.P. E.C.G.B. E.C.I. E.C.U.K. E.D. E.E. e.g. e.o.h.p. E.T. Eq.T. est. Ex. Ex. Exd. f,a. f. F.& D. f.a.a. f.a.q. f.a.s. f.a.s.

Debit note. Delivery Order. Documents against payment. Deposit receipt Days after sight. Drawback. Delivered. Delivered sound (grain). Deadweight capacity. Errors and omissions excepted. Detached clouds. East coast (Great Britain) coal port East coast of Great Britain. East coast of Ireland. East coast of United kingdom Existence doubtful (chart). Errors excepted. Ejusdem generis (of the same kind) Except otherwise herein provided Estimated Time. Equation of Time. Estimated. Excluding. Out of. Without. Examined. Exchange. Executed. Examined. Free alongside. Fog. Freight and demurrage. Free of all average. Fair average quantity Free alongside ship. Firsts and seconds (American lumber trade).

134 135 136

F.B.I. f.c. A s. f.c.s.r.c.c.

Federation of British Industries Free of Capture and seizure. Free of capture, seizure, riots and civil commotions.

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f.d.

Free discharge. Free delivery. Free dispatch.

138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

f.d. f.f.a. f.f.a. F.G.A. f.h. f.i.a. f.i.b. f.i.o. f.i.t. f.i.w. F.L.N. f.o. f.o.

Free docks. Free from alongside. Free foreign agency. Foreign General Average. Fore hatch. Full interest admitted Free into barge. Free Free in and out. Free of income tax. Free into wagon. Follow landing numbers. For orders. For orders. Full out terms (grain). Firm offer.

151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171

f.o. f.o.b. f.o.c. f.o.d. f.o.q. f.o.r. f.o.r.t. f.o.s. f.o.t. f.o.w. f.o.w. F.P.A. F.P.T. f.r. & c.c. f.r.o. f.t. F.T.W. f.w.d. F.X. F/R Fit.

For orders. Full out terms (grain). Free on board. Free of charge. Free on car. Free of damage. Free on quay. Free on rail. Full out rye terms. Free on steamer. Free on truck. First open water. Free on wagon. Free of Particular Average. Fore peak tank. Free of Riots and civil commotions. Fire risk on freight. Full Terms. Free Trade Wharf. Fresh water damage. Forecastle. Freight release. Freight.

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172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199

fwd. G.C.T. G.F. g.f.a. G.I., g.i. G.M.A.T. g.m.b. g.m.q. g.o.b. g.s.m. G.V. G/A G/A con. G/A dep. gr. guar. H.A. or D. H.C. H.H. H.L., h.l. H.M.S. H.P. H.P. H.P. H.P.N. H.T. H.W. H.W.F. & C.

Forward. Greenwich Civil Time. Government Form (charter). Good fair average. Galvanised iron. Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time. Good merchantable brand. Good merchantable quality. Good ordinary brand. Good sound and merchantable. Grand Vitesse (express train). General Average. General Average contribution. General Average deposit. Grain. Gross. Guaranteed Havre, Antwerp or Dunkirk. Held covered. Havre to Hamburg range. Hawser-laid. Her Majesty's ship. Horse Power. High Pressure. Horizontal Parallax. Horse Power, nominal. Home trade. Half-time survey High Water. High Water at Full and Change of Moon.

200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207

H.W.M. H.W.O.S.T. hhd. I.B. I.C.& C. I.H.P. I.R. i.v.

High water mark. High water ordinary spring tides Hogshead. In bond. Invoice Book. Invoice cost and charges. Indicated Hone Power. Inland Revenue. Invoice value. Increased value

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208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221

Idg. Ids. Ince j.& w.o. J/A K.D. K.I.D. l. L.A.T. L.C. L.C. L.C.T.A. L.H.A.R. L.L.T. L.M.C.

222 223 224

l.m.c. L.Q.T. L.R.M.C.

Low middling clause (cotton) Liverpool Quay Terms. Lloyd's Refrigerating Machinery Certificate

225

L.S.

Lump sum. Locus sigilli = Place of the seal

226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241

L.V. L.W. L.W.O.S.T. L/A. L/A. L/A. L/C Lat., lat. Ldg. ft Dely. LI. ft Cos. Lkg. ft bkg. M.B. M.C. M.C. M.C.I. M.D.

Loading, Loads. Insurance. Jettison and washing overboard Joint account. Knocked down. Key industry duty. Lightning. Linseed Association Terms London clause. Label clause. London Corn Trade Association. London, Hull, Rotterdam or Antwerp. London Landed terms. Lloyd's Machinery Certificate.

Lightvessel. Low water. Low water ordinary spring tides. Lloyd's Agent. Landing Account. Letter of Authority. Letter of Credit. Latitude. Loading and Delivery. Lloyd's ft Companies. Leakage and breakage. Motor boat. Machinery Certificate. Metalling Clause. Malleable cast iron. Memorandum of deposit.

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242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258

M.D.H.B. M.H., m.h. M.H.H.W. M.H.W.I. M.H.W.N. M.H.W.S. M.L. M.L.L.W. M.L.W.I. M.M. m.m. M.M.A. M.N. M.N.R. M.O.T. M.R. M.S.

259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277

M.S. M.S.A. M.S.L. M.S.R. M.T. M.T.B. M.T.L. M.V. M/d. n.a.a. N.C.V. n.e. n.e.p./s. N.H.P. n.o.p. N.P.L. n.r. n.r.a.d n.s.p.f.

Mersey Docks & Harbour Board. Main hatch. Mean higher high water Mean High Water interval Mean High Water Neaps. Mean High Water Springs. Mean Level. Motor launch. Mean lower low water Mean low water interval. Mercantile Marine. Made merchantable. Merchandise Marks Act. Merchant Navy. Mean neap rise. Ministry of Transport. Mate's receipt. Motor ship. Machinery survey. Merchant shipping. Months after sight. Merchant Shipping Act. Mean Sea Level. Mean spring rise (tide). Mean Time. Empty. Motor torpedo boat. Mean tide level. Motor vessel. Months after date. Not always afloat. No commercial value. not excluding. Not elsewhere provided/ stated. Nominal Horse Power. Not otherwise provided. National Physical Laboratory. No risk. Nett register (tonnage) No risk after discharge. Not specially provided for.

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278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314

N/a. N/C N/f N/m. n/s N/t nom. std. o.a. O.P. O.R. O/C O/C O/c O/d O/o O/t P.& I. P.& L. P.A. P.A. P.D. P.N. P/N P.O.D. P.P. P.P. p.p. P.P.I., p.p.i. p.t. P.V. P/C P/C P/L Pkg-e pm. ppt. Ptg. Std. R. & C.C.

No advice. No account. New charter. No funds. No mark/s. Not Sufficient. New terms. Nominal standard. Over all. Open Policy. Owner's risk Open Charter. Old charter. Open cover. Old crop. Overcharge. On demand. Order of. Old terms. On truck. Protection and indemnity. Profit and loss. Particular Average. Power of Attorney. Forced Draught. Promissory Note. Pay on Delivery. Estimated position. Floating policy. Picked ports. Per pro (on behalf of). Policy proof of interest. Private terms. Petite vitesse (Slow train) Petty Cash. Price current. Per cent. Partial loss. Package. Premium. Prompt (loading). Petrograd standard (timber). Riots and civil commotions.

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315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335

R.A.T. R.C.C. & S. r.d. R.D.C. R.I. r.o.b. R.P. R.S. R.T. R/p. Rotn. No. s. S. & F.A. S. & H. exct. S. to S. S./N. s.a.n.r. S.C. S.D. S.d. S.G.

336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350

S.H.P. s.l. S.L. & C. S.O. S.O.L. s.p.d. S.R.& C.C. S.S., s.s. S.V. S.W.L. s/a. S/L.C. Sk. Std. Str.

Rapeseed Association terms Riots, civil commotions and strikes. Running days. Running Down Clause. Re-insurance. remaining on board. Return Premium. Revised Statues U.S.A. Rye terms. Return of post for orders. Rotation Number. Snow Shipping and For-warding Agents. Sundays and holidays excepted. Station to station. Shipping Note. Subject to approval no risk Salvaged Charges. Sea Damaged. Short delivery. Salutis gratia = Given for Safety. (Lloyd's policy). Shaft horse power. Salvage loss. Shippers load and count. Seller's option. Shipowner's liability. Steamer pays dues. Strikes, nots and civil commotions. Steamship. Sailing vessel. Safe working load. Safe arrival. Sue and Labour Clause. Sack. Standard (of timber). Steamer.

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351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378

T.& G. T.G.B. T.L.O. T.Q. T.R. T/c. T/L u. U.D. U.K.f.o. V.C. v.o.p. W. & E.I. W.&. W.A. w.b.s. w.g. w.o.b. w.o.l. W.P.A. w.r.o. W.W.D. w/d. W/M. w/p w/p W/W Y.A.R.

Tongued and grooved. Tongued, grooved and beaded. Total loss only.(immersion). Tale quale = Having such a quantity. Tons registered. Until countermanded. Total loss. Ugly and threatening weather Upper Deck. United Kingdom for orders. Valuation Clause. Valuation as in original policy. Wages and Effects Form I. Way Bill. With Average. Without benefit of salvage. Weight guaranteed. Washed overboard. Wharf owners' liability. With Particular Average. War risk only. Weather working days. Warranted. Weight and/or measurement. Without prejudice. Weather permitting. Warehouse warrant. York-Antwerp Rules, 1924

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