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JHC Joint Hulls Commttee

JR Jugoslav Register

KFK - Koordinerende Forskningskomite

KKR Korean Register of Shipping

KR Korean Register of Shipping

LAFTA Latin America Free Trade Association

LASA Latin America Ship-owners' Association

LAUA Lloyd's Aviation Underwriters' Association

LCIA London Court of International Arbitration

LLA Local Lighthouse Authority

LMAA. London Maritime Arbitrators' Association

LPC London Processing Centre

LR Lloyd's Register

MACNA Marine Aquaria Conference of North America

MAIB Marine Accident Investigation Branch

MAIIF Marine Accident Investigators' International Forum

MASA Marine Aquarium Societies of Australia

MCA Marine Coastguard Agency

MEIF Mandatory Excess Insurance Facility

MEPC Marine Environment Protection Committee

MLA The Maritime Law Association

MRCC Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre

MSA Marine Safety Agency

MSC Marine Safety Committee,

MSCN Maritime Simulation Center Netherlands

MTC Maritime Transport Committee

MUI Maritime Union of Indian Officers

NASCO Norwegian Asian Seafarers' Conference

NATO North-Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAVTEX Navigational and Meteorological Warning Broadcast Service

NCB National Cargo Bureau

NECSA Navigational Electronic Chart System Association

NFD Norwegian Friendship Development

NI The Nautical Institute

NIHQ Nautical Institute Headquarters

NIS Norsk Internasjonalt Skipsregister

NK Nippon Kaiji Kyokai

NKK Nippon Kaiji Kyokai

NMB Norsk Maritime Befalskartell

NMB National Maritime Board

NMEA National Marine Electronics Association

NMU National Maritime Union

NNME National Marine Electronics Association

NNR National Nature Reserve

NOAA National Marine and Atmospheric Administration

NOPEF Norsk Olje- og Petrokjemisk Fagforbund

NOR Norsk Ordinart Register

NORDKOMPASS Nordisk Komite for Passasjerskip

NR Norges Rederiforbund

NS Norsk Styrmandsforening

NSA National Safety Agency

NSOAF North Sea Offshore Authority Forum

NSU National Seafarers' Union

NTC Norwegian Training Center

NTSB National Transportation Safety Board

NUMAST National Union of Marine, Aviation & Shipping Transport

NUS National Union of Seamen

NUSI National Union of Seamen of India

NYPE New York Produce Exchange

OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

OCC Operations Control Centre

OCIMF Oil Companies International Marine Forum

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OFS Oljearbeidernes Fellessammenslutning

OFU Offshorenaringens Forhandlingsutvalg

OLF Oljeindustriens Landsforening

OPA Oil Pollution Act

OPA 90 Oil Pollution Act of 1990

OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OSSL Oljeserviceselskapenes Landsforening

PIANC Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses

POEA Philippine Overseas Employment Administration

PRS Polish Register of Shipping

PSC Port State Control

PSU Polish Seafarers' Union

RCC Rescue Coordination Center

RENC Regional Electronic Navigational Chart Co-Coordinating Centre

RI Registro Italiano

RINA Registro Italiano Navale

RINA Royal Institution of Naval Architects

RLF Rederienes Landsforening

RMT National Union of Rail, Maritime And Transport Workers

RS Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

RTCM Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services

SEB Shipping Ethics Board

SED Seafarers' Education Service

SFT Statens Forurensningstilsyn

SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance

SIGTTO Society of International Gas Tankers and Terminal Operators

SIOS Senter for Internasjonal Okonomi og Skipsfart

SIU Seafarers' International Union

SMA The Society of Maritime Arbitrators,

SOSREP Secretary of State's Representative for Marine Salvage and Intervention

SRF Sveriges Redareforening

SRT Sinclair Roche & Temperley

SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications

TIR Transport Internationale Routier

TUAC Trade Union Advisory Committee

TUC Trade Union Congress

TUCP Trade Union Council of the Philipines

UECC United European Car Carriers

UGT Union General de Trabajadores

UKOOA United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association

UN United Nations

UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD MMO UNCTAD Multi Modal Transport Convention

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization

USCG United States Coast Guard

USF University of San Francisco

USMC US Maritime Commission

VDR Verband Deutscher Reeder

VMAA Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators Association

WHO World Health Organisation

WMC West Marine Conference

WMO World Meteorological Organisation

WMU World Maritime University

WPC World Petroleum Congress

WTO World Trade Organization

WWL Wallenius Wilhelsmen Line