Abbreviations and Acronyms

 

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2/O

   Second Officer
 

2H

   Second Half
 
3/O   Third Officer
 

3PL

   Third Party Logistics
 
6-on/6-off   Watchkeeping routine shared by two officers: 24 hour period is covered by each working 6 hours on watch, followed by 6 hours off watch
 
A/C   Account
 
A/H   Anchor Handling
 
A/O   And/Or
 
A/S   Alongside
 
AA   Always Afloat
 
AAAA   Always Afloat, Always Accessible
 
AAOSA   Always Afloat Or Safe Aground
 
AAPA   American Association of Port Authorities
 
AAR   Against All Risks
 
AARA   1. Always Accessible or Reachable on Arrival
 
2. Amsterdam-Antwerpen-Rotterdam Area
 
AB   Able Bodied seaman
 
ABP   Associated British Ports
 

ABS

   American Bureau of Shipping (classification society)
 
ABT   About
 
AC   Alternating Current (electricity)
 
ACE   Alternative Control of Emissions
 

ACI

   Advance Commercial Information
 

ACP

   1. Alternative Compliance Plan
 
2. Area Contingency Plan (US)
 
ACT   Account
 
ACV   1. Actual Cash Value
 
2. Air Cushion Vehicle
 
AD   1. After Date
 
2. Area Differential
 

ADA

   Americans with Disability Act (US)
 
ADAAG   Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (US)
 
ADCOM   Adress Commission
 
ADF   Automatic Direction Finder
 
ADOMS   Antigua and Barbuda Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping
 

ADR

  

1. Alternative Dispute Resolution
 
2. European Agreement on the International Carriage of
Dangerous Goods by Road
 
AEO   Authorized Economic Operator
 
AF   Anti-Fouling
 
AFE   Approved for Expenditure
 
AFFF   Aqueous Film Forming Foam
 
AFFREIGHTMENT   The hiring of a ship in whole or part
 
AFRA   Average Freight Rate Assessment
 

AFS Convention

   Anti-Fouling Systems Convention
International Convention for the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Substances on Ships, 2001
 
AFSPS   Arrival First Sea Pilot Station (Norway)
 
AFT   At or towards the stern or rear of a ship
 
AG   Arabian Gulf
 
AGW   1. Actual Gross Weight
 
2. All Going Well
 
AH   1. Aft Hatch
 
2. Antwerp / Hamburg range
 
AHL   Australian Hold Ladders
 
AHT   Anchor Handling Tug
 
AHTS  

Anchor Handling Tug Supply
 

AH-TUG

  

Anchor Handling Tug
 

AIDS

   Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
 

AIS

   Automatic (Vessel) Identification System
 

AJA

   Administration of Justice Act, 1956
 
Al   Aluminium
 
ALARP   As Low As Reasonably Practical
 
ALERT   Automatic Life-saving Emergency Radio Transmitter
 
ALJ   Administrative Law Judge
 
ALOP   Advanced Loss of Profits
 
ALP   Articulated Loading Platform
 
ALRS   Admiralty List of Radio Signals
 
ALU   Aluminium
 

AMS

   Automated Manifest System
 

AMSA

   Australian Maritime Safety Agency
 
AMSL   Above Mean Sea Level
 

AMVER

   Automated Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue system
 

AMWELSH

   Americanised Welsh Coal Charter party (standard coal charterparty)
 
ANERA   Asia-North America Eastbound Rate Agreement
 
ANOP   Articles Not Otherwise Provided for
 

ANS

   Aquatic nuisance species
 
ANSI   American National Standard Institute
 
ANT   Advance Notice of Transfer
 
ANTHAM   Antwerp-Hamburg range
 
AO   1. Awaiting Orders
 
2. And Other
 
AOAOO   Any One Accident Or Occurrence
 
AOB   Any One Bottom
 

AOG

   Active Operator Guidance
 
AOH/A.O.H.   After Office Hours
 
AOLOC   Any One Location
 
AOR   Atlantic Ocean Region
 
AOS   Any One Steamer
 
AOV   Any One Vessel
 
AP   1. All Purposes
 
2. Additional Premium
 
3. Aft Perpendicular
 
4. Autopilot
 
APHIS   Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (US)
 
API   American Petroleum Institute
 

APPS

   Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (US)
 

APs

   Additional insurance premiums
 
APS   Arrival Pilot Station
 
APT   Aft Peak Tank
 

AQIS

   Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
 
ARA   Antwerp - Rotterdam - Amsterdam range
 
ARAG   Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Gent range
 
ARB   Arbitration
 
ARCC   Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre
 
ARND   Around
 
ARPA   Automatic Radar Plotting Aid
 
ASAP   As Soon As Possible
 
ASBA   The Association of Shipbrokers and Agents (USA) Incorporated, New York
 

ASCAP

   Accelerated Small Claims Arbitration Procedure
 
ASCII   American Standard Code for Information Interchange
 
ASI   Anti-Suit Injunction
 

ASP

   Application Service Provider
 
ASPW   Any Safe Port in the World
 
ASTM   American Society of Testing & Materials
 
ATA   Actual Time of Arrival
 
ATC   Actual Time Counting
 
ATD   Actual Time of Departure
 
ATDN   Any Time Day & Night
 
ATDNSHINC   Any Time Day or Night Sundays and Holidays Included
 
ATF   Approved Transitional Facility
 
ATK   Aviation Turbine Kerosene
 

ATL

   Actual Total Loss
 
ATS   1. All Time Saved
 
2. Automated Targeting System
 

ATSA

   Aviation and Transportation Security Act
 
ATSBE   All Time Saved Both Ends
 
ATSDO   All Time Saved Discharging Only
 
ATUTC   1. Actually Time Used To Count
 
2. All Time Used to Count
 

AUSMEPA

   Australian Marine Environment Protection Association
 
AUSSIE   Australia
 

AUSTWHEAT

   Australian Wheat Charter
 
AUV   Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
 
AUX   Auxilliaries
 
AVGAS   Aviation Gasoline
 
AVR   Automatic Voltage Regulator
 
AVRA   Automated Voyage Risk Assessment
 
AVTAG  

Aviation Turbine Gasoline
 
AWIWL   Always Within Institute Warranty Limits
 
AWVNS   Always Within Vessel's Natural Segregation
 
AWRI   Additional War Risk Insurance
 

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