Marine Abbreviations - Onboard A to G

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A Aft

A/E Auxiliary Engine

A/S Alongside

Accom. Accommodation

Aft Pk Tks Aft Peak Tanks

AHD Ahead

Ast Astern

Aux. Auxiliary

BA Breathing Apparatus

BC Bulk Cargo

BCH Bulk Chemical

Blt Built

BROB Bunkers Remaining Onboard.

BS Boiler Survey

BT Ballast Tank

BWAD Brackish Water Arrival Draft

BWT Bleed Wing Tanks

C/L Center Line

C/L Chain Locker

C/O Change Over

CBT Clean Ballast Tank

CCP Contolable Pitch Propeller

CEU Car Equivalent Unit

Clr Cooler

Cons. Consumption

COP Custom of the port

CoSWP Code of Safe Working Practices

COU Clip On Unit

COW Crude Oil Washing

CP Controllable Pitch

CPP Controllable Pitch Propeller

CR Control Room

CRN Crane

CROB Cargo Remaining on Board

D/W Deadweight

DB Double Bottom

DD Dry Dock

DEV Vessel Departure from Specified Voyage Course

DFRT Dead Freight

Disch. Discharge

Dk Deck

DLat Difference in Latitude

DLong Difference in Longitude

DLOSP Dropping Last Outwards Sea Pilot

DMDO Distilate Marine Deisel Oil

DMDO Distillate Marine Diesel Oil

DO Diesel Oil.

DOLSP Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot

DOP Dropping Outward Pilot

DP Designated Person

DR Dead Reckoning

Drft Draught

Drk Derrick

DWAT Deadweight.

DWT Deadweight

DWT Deadweight Tonnes

ELVENT Electrical Ventilation

Emerg, Emergency

Emerg. Air Comp. Emergency Air Compressor

Eng. Engineer

EOP End of Passage

EST Eastern Standard Time

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

ETC Estimated Time of Completion

ETD Estimated Time of Departure

ETR Estimated Time of Readiness

ETS Estimated Time Of Sailing

Exh. Exhaust

F. Forward

F. Pk Fore Peak

F.ast Full Astern

F/cstle Forecastle

FAOP Full Away on Passage

FEA Fire Extinguishing Appliances

FEU Forty Foot Equivalent Unit

FFFS Fixed Fire Fighting system

Fltr Filter

FO Fuel Oil

Foˇ¦cˇ¦sle Forecastle

Fore Forward

FP Fixed Pitch

FSA Full Steam Ahead

FW Fresh Water

FWAD Fresh Water arrival Draft

Fwd Forward

FWDD Fresh Water Departure Draft

FWDS Forwards

Gen. Alarm General Alarm

GMT Greenwich Meantime

GN Grain

Gr. Oil Gear Oil

GRGO Gas Oil

GRT Gross Registered Tonnage

GT Gross Tonnage