FOREIGN TRADE ABBREVIATIONS PAGE

A

• A.A. -> Always Afloat
• a.d. -> Ante diem/before dateBefore/due
• A.F. -> Advance Freight Advance freight in advance
• A.H. -> After Hatch Aft hatch
• A.P. -> Additional Premium Additional Premium
• a/c -> Account Account, to account
• A/C ->Account currentCurrent account
• A/d -> After date After due date
• A/S -> Alongside Bordada
• A/S -> Account sale Sales account
• a/s -> At sight
• A/S -> Account Sales/After sight Sales account/After sight
• A/V -> Ad valorem value
• Acc -> Accepted, acceptance Accepted, acceptance
• ad/advt -> Advocate Lawyer
• Afft. -> Affidavit Sworn written statement
• aflt. -> Afloat Floating
• AI -> First class 1st class
• Alt. -> Alternate Substitute/Alternate
• amt. -> Amount Amount
• an. -> Anno Anno
• Anch. -> Anchorage Iron yri
• arbtn./arbtror -> Arbitration/Arbitrator Arbitration (arbitration) Arbitrator
• art. -> Article Statistical position/Article
• assd. -> Assessed Accrued
• Assigt. -> Association Association, union
• att.At., Atty. -> Attorney Deputy/Attorney
• Att.Gen. -> Attorney General Attorney General
• awb -> Airwarybill (Air) waybill

B

• B.B. -> Bill Book Debit note book
• B.B.B. -> Before Breaking Bulk Before starting to discharge the cargo (bulk)
• B.D. -> Bar Draught Required min. water draft at low tide
• b.d. -> Bills discounted/Bank draft Discounted bills/Bank draft
• B.D.I. -> Both Dates Inclusive Both Dates Inclusive
• B.E. ->Both ends, at both load/discharge ports 1. handrails, 2. loading/discharging ports
• B.H. -> Bill of Health/Bulkhead Health certificate/Required vertical division for bulk cargo
• B.O. -> Buyer's option Buyer's option
• B.O.T. -> Board of Trade Trade Delegation
• b.p. -> By procuration (power of attorey) Authorised to sign by proxy
• B.T. -> Berth terms Loading and unloading rules
• B/C -> Bills for collection
• b/d -> Brought down Transport
• B/E -> Bill of Exchange Policy, negotiable instrument transferred by endorsement
• B/G -> Bonded goods Unpaid transit goods
• B/N -> Banknote Banknote
• B/P -> Bills payable Note payable
• B/P -> Bill payable Notes payable
• B/R -> Bills receivable Notes receivable
• B/S -> Bill of Sale Instrument transferring ownership of the ship
• B/S (b.s) -> Bill of Sale/Balance Sheet Bill of Sale/Balance Sheet
• bal. -> Balance Balance
• Bd. -> Bond Bond
• Bds. -> Boards Board, cardboard
• bkpt. -> Bankrupt Bankrupt
• bre. -> Barrel Barrel
• Bs/c. -> Bills of collection

C

• c -> Currency/Cents/Case Money/Sent/Status
• C and D -> Collection and Delivery Collection and Delivery
• C.a.D. -> Cash against Documents Payment against documents
• C.B. -> Cash Credit Credit given as money
• C.b.d. -> Cash beore delivery Payment before delivery
• c.d. -> Cash discount/Certificate of deposit Cash discount/Certificate of deposit receipt
• C.div. -> Cumulative dividend
• C.F. -> Cost and Freight Cost of Goods and Freight
• C.G. -> CCoast Guard Coastguard
• C.G.A. -> Cargo's proportion of General Average Cargo's share of general average
• C.H. -> Custom House Customs House
• C.I.F. -> Cost, Insurance, Freight Cost of Goods, Insurance and Freight
• C.I.F.c.and.I -> Cost insurance, Freight, Commission and Interest
• C.i.a. -> Cash in advance
• C.L. -> Carload Lot Delivery to the receiving station
• C.O.D. -> Cash on Delivery Payment on delivery
• C.O.P. -> Custom of the Port Port custom, procedure
• C.P.D. -> Charterers Pay Dues Tax, dues belong to the charterer
• C/A -> Capital account Capital account
• c/f -> Carried forward Carried forward
• C/H -> Clearing House Clearing House
• c/m -> Certificate of manufacture
• C/N -> Credit Note Receivable receipt
• C/N -> Credit Note Credit receipt
• C/O -> Certificate of Origin Certificate of Origin Certificate of Origin
• c/o -> Through Care of/Cash order (by hand) Order with advance payment
• C/P -> Charter Party Ship charter contract
• cash b/I -> against bill of lading Cash against bill of lading
• Cash. -> Cashier Cashier, teller
• cd.sl. -> Conditional sale Conditional sale
• ch.ppd. -> Charges prepaid Charges prepaid
• chq. -> Cheque Cheque
• cl.b/l -> Clean bill of lading Clean, unattached bill of lading
• Coll. -> Collect/collection Collect/collection of promissory notes
• Ctge. -> Cartage Shipping Charge

D

• D.1/2 D. -> Despatch half Demurrage Dispatch half as much as Surastarya
• D.A. -> Deposit account Deposit account
• D.a.d. -> Documents against discretion of collecting bank
• D.A.F. -> Delivery at Frontier Hudutta delivery
• d.bk. -> Drawback Customs duty refund, rejected duty
• d.d.o. -> Despatch Discharging only Dispatch only when discharging
• D.P.B. -> Deposit pass-book Deposit book
• d.s. -> Days after sight Days after presentation
• D/A -> Documents against Acceptance Documents against Acceptance
• D/D -> Demand Draft Policy payable on sight
• D/D -> Demand draft Policy payable on presentation
• D/N -> Debit Note Debit Note
• D/N -> Debit note Debit note
• D/O -> Delivery Order Delivery order
• D/P -> Documents againts Palment Documents against payment
• D/P -> Documents against payment Payment against documents
• D/r -> Deposit receipt Collateral receipt
• D/y -> Delivery Delivery
• deb. -> Debit Debt embezzlement
• Decl. -> Declaration/Declared Declaration/declared
• Deft. -> Defendant Plaintiff, defender
• Depr. -> Depreciation Depreciation
• dft. -> Draft Policy / bill of exchange
• dft/a. -> Draft attached Policy attached
• dft/c -> Clean draft Undocumented policy
• Dis. -> Discount Discount, discount
• Distr. -> Distribute/Distributor Distribute/Distributor
• Div. -> Dividend/Division Dividend/Division
• do -> Ditto Same, exactly
• Dr. -> Drawer Drawer
• ds dft -> Sight draft/Date draft Policy payable on presentation/maturity draft

E

• e.and o.e ->Errors and omissions excepted
• e.e. -> Errors excepted Errors excepted
• E.P.D. -> Excess Profit Duty Extraordinary Profit Tax
• encl. -> Enclosure Attachments
• end. -> Endorsed/endorsement Endorsed/ciro
• ex. -> Exchange Foreign Exchange / Exchange Rate / Stock Exchange
• Ex.d. (ex.div.) -> Ex dividend (um) Without dividend, without dividend
• Ex.int. -> Ex interest Except interest
• exl. -> Exlusive, excluding Excluding, excluding

F

• f.b. -> Freight bill Freight bill, invoice
• F.I.O.S. -> Free In and Out, Stowed See F.I.O. and has nothing to do with stowage costs.
• F.I.O.S.T. -> Free In and Out, Stowed and Trimmed See F.I.O.S. and has nothing to do with the costs of arrangement.
• f.o.l. -> Free of interest Interest Free
• F.P. -> Floating (open) policy Floating (open) policy
• F.T. -> Freight tonne Volume unit weighing 2240 (or 2000) lbs. Freight tonne-1.016 kg.
• F.T. -> Full Terms All commissions or discounts are included in the freight.
• F.T. -> Free of Turn Whether there is a berth or not, astoria days are counted after the arrival of the ship.
• F.T.W. -> Free Trade Wharf Free Trade Port
• f.x. -> Foreign exchange Foreign currency
• fr.fwrd. -> Freight forward Freight forward
• FRT. -> Freight Freight
• frt.coll. -> Freightcolleckt Freight to be collected
• frt.pp. -> Freight prepaid Freight prepaid

G

• G.m.b. -> Good merchantable brand Good quality
• G.R.T. -> Gross Register Tonnage Gross registered tonnes
• gr. -> Gross Gross
• gr.wt. -> Gross weight Gross weight
• Gtee -> Guarantee Guarantee, guarantee
• Gtee.(gtd) -> Gurantee/Guaranteed Guaranteed/guaranteed

H

• H.O. -> Head Office Headquarters (office)
• H.P. ->Horse Power Horsepower
• H.W.M. -> High Water Mark High water mark
• hrs. -> Hours Hours

I

• I.B. -> Invoice Book Invoice book
• I.O.U. -> (IOU) I owe you money, IOU
• I/c -> In charge of In charge of, as supervisor
• I/F -> Insufficient funds Insufficient provision, funds
• I/F -> Insufficient funds Insufficient provision
• I/I -> Indorsement irregular Irregular endorsement
• Incl. -> Included, inclusive Included, inclusive
• Inst. -> Instant (current month) current month
• Irr. -> Irredeemable Irredeemable
• Irrev. -> Irrevocable Irrevocable (irrevocable)

J

• j.a. -> Joint account Joint account

L

• L.a. -> Letter of advice Letter of notice
• L.B. -> Life Boat Lifeboat
• L.C.D. -> Telegram Country Destination In the language of the country from which the telegram was sent
• L.C.O. -> Telegram Country Origin In the language of the (sending) country of telegram origin
• L.H. -> Lower Hold Dip bar
• L.h. -> Letter of hypothecaion Letter of mortgage
• L.O.A. -> Length Overall Full length of the ship
• L/C -> Letter of Credit Letter of Credit
• L/C -> Letter of Credit Letter of Credit
• L/D -> Letter of deposit Deed of pledge
• led. ->Ledger Ledger
• Liq. -> Liquidation, liquidated/liquid Liquidation, liquidated/liquidated
• Ltd. -> Limited Limited

M

• m.d. -> Month's date/months after date
• M.I.P. ->Marine Insurance Policy Marine insurance policy
• M.O. -> Money Order Remittance Order
• M.O.L.O.O. ->More or Less In Owner's Option More or Less In Owner's Option
• m.p. -> Months after payment
• m.s. -> Months after sight, month's sight One month after presentation
• M/R -> Mate's Receipt Ordino Loading ordinance
• Marg. -> Margin Marj
• mat. -> Maturity Maturity
• Mem. -> Memorandum Memorandum
• mtg. -> (mort). Mortgage Pawn
• mth. -> Month Month

N

• N.A.A. -> Not Always Afloat
• n.d. -> Not dated Not dated
• N.O.R. -> Notice of Readiness Readiness Letter
• n.o.s. -> Not otherwise stated, not otherwise specified If not otherwise specified
• n.p. -> Net proceeds Nt revenue, income
• N.R.T. -> Net Register Tonnage Net registration tonnes
• n/a -> No account No account
• n/e. -> Not exceeding Not exceeding
• n/f. -> no funds Unrequited
• natl. -> National National
• neg. -> Negotiable Endorsable and transferable
• Net Terms. -> Free of Charterer's commission Free of Charterer's commission Loading/unloading costs do not belong to the vessel.

O

• o.d. -> on demand/overdraft On demand/overdraft Exceeding the credit limit
• o.p. -> Open policy Open Policy
• o.p.o. -> One price only
• O.R. -> Owner's Risk At shipowner's risk
• o.s. -> Outstanding Outstanding (account)
• O.S.D. -> Open Shelter Decker Open shelter decks shelter decks
• O/a. -> On acceptance/On account On acceptance/on behalf of, on account of
• o/c. -> Overcharge Overcharge
• o/n. -> Order notify Order notification
• O/o. -> Order of Emrine
• on cons. -> On consignment On consignment
• opt. -> Option, optional Option, optional

P

• P.A. -> Power of Attorney/Private account
• p.and I. -> Profit and loss Profit and loss
• P.B. -> Pass Book Passbook
• P.O.C. -> Port of Call Port of call
• P.O.R. -> Port of Refuge Port of Refuge
• P/N (p.N.) -> Promissory note Promissory note
• pchs. -> Purchase
• per.pro. -> Per procuration Authorised to sign by proxy
• prem. -> Premium Premium

Q

• Q.O.O. -> Quantity in Owner's Option Quantity in Owner's Option

R

• R.d. -> Running days Days counted in lining days including holidays
• r/a. -> (R.A.) Refer to acceptor Refer to addressee
• R/C -> Re-credited Re-credited
• r/d -> Refer to drawer Refer to drawer
• r/e -> refer to endorser Cirantaya application
• rem. -> Remit. remittance Money transfer, remittance
• rept. -> (recpt.) Receipt Receipt
• Rev. -> Revision Revision, revision
• Rev.A/C -> Revenue account Revenue account

S

• S.B. -> Sales Book Sales Book
• S.C. -> Salvage charges Salvage costs
• S.F. -> Stowage Factor Stowage Factor
• S.H.E.X. -> Sundays and Holidays Excepted
• S.H.I.N.C. -> Sundays and Holidays Included
• S.O.L. -> Shipowner's Liability Shipowner's Liability
• s.p. -> Supra under protest Acceptance of a promissory note after protest, protested promissory note
• S.P.A. -> Sundry Persons" account Sundry Persons" account Shipper's Weights Shipper (shipping) weights
• S.W. -> Shipper's Weights Shipper (shipping) weights
• s/a ->Subject to approval
• s/d b/L ->Sight draft with bill of lading attached Policy on presentation with bill of lading attached
• S/N ->Shipping Note Shipping notice
• Supt. -> Superintendent Superintendent chief, authorised officer
• Sy.Crs. ->Sundry Creditors Sundry Creditors
• Sy.Drs. ->Sundry debtors Sundry debtors

T

• T.B. ->Trial Balance Mizan
• T.C. -> Tweendeck Gladora
• T.O. ->Turnover Turnover
• t.r. ->Trust receipt Receipt of possession
• t.t. -> Telegraphic transfer Telegraphic money transfer
• T/C ->Charter Time charter time limited vessel charter contract
• tar. ->Customs tariff

U

• ult. -> Ultimo, last month Last month

V

• V.o.p. ->Value as in original Policy Value (value) as in original policy
• V/A -> Voucher attached Voucher, promissory note effective

W

• W.A. ->With Average including Average Average
• W.B. -> Water Ballast Ballast to increase the stability of an empty ship
• W.I.B.O.N. ->Whether in Berth or Not
• W.S. (RED) ->Rates, Extras and Demurrage per World Scale Fiat, extras and demurrage per international scale
• W.V.N.S. -> With Vessel's Natural Segregations (cargo) separated and placed according to the natural shape of the ship
• W.W.D.->Weather Working Days Weather Working Days
• w/m ->Without margin No margin
• w/w ->Warehouse warrant Warehouse receipt
• whf.->Wharf Dock
• wholes.->Wholesale Wholesale

X

• x.in. -> Ex interest interest-free.