Abbreviations and Acronyms

 

A   B   C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

B

   Bale (cargo capacity)
 

B/D

   Bar-Draft
 
B/E   Break-Even
 
B/L   Bill of Lading
 
B/N   Booking Note
 
B/P   Bills Payable
 
B/R   Bills Receivable
 

B4

   Before
 

BA

   1. British Admiralty
 
2. Buenos Aires
 
BAF   Bunker Adjustment Factor (freight)
(A fuel surcharge expressed as a percentage added or subtracted from the freight amount reflecting the movement in the market place price for bunkers)
 
BAL   Balance
 
BALLAST   Heavy weight, often sea water, necessary for the stability and safety of a ship which is not carrying cargo
 

BALTCON

   The Baltic-White Sea Conference Coal Charter
 

BALTIME

   Uniform time-charter
 
BAR   Builders All Risks
 
Bar absolute   Pressure in bar including atmospheric pressure
 
Bar gauge   Pressure in bar registered on content gauge (excludes atmospheric pressure)
 
BAREBOAT CHTR   Bareboat Charter Owners lease a specific ship and control its technical management and commercial operations only
 

BARECON

   Standard bareboat charter
 

Basel 1989

   Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, 1989
 
BB   1. Back to Back
 
2. Bahia Blanca
 
3. Ballast Bonus
 
4. Bare Boat
 
5. Below Bridge
 
6. Break Bulk / Breaking Bulk
 
7. Bulbous Bow
 
BBB   Before Breaking Bulk
 
BBC   Bare Boat Charter
 
BC   1. British Columbia
 
2. Bulk Carrier
 

BC Code

   Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMO)
 

BCH Code

   Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk Code
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk
 
BCM   Bow to Centre of Manifold
 
BCO   Beneficial Cargo Owner
 
BD   Bar Draught
 
BDC   Bottom Dead Centre
 
BDI   Both Dates Inclusive
 

BDN

   Bunker Delivery Note
 
BE   Both Ends (load and discharge ports)
 
BEAM   The maximum breadth of a ship
 
BEG   Beginning
 
BENDS   Both Ends (load and discharge ports)
 
BFC   Baltimore Form C (charterparty)
 
BFI   Baltic Freight Index
 
BGD   Bagged
 

BHP

   Break Horse Power
 
BI   1. Both Inclusive
 
2. Business Interruption
 
BIC   Bureau International des Containers (International Container Bureau)
 

BIFA

   British International Freight Association
 
BIFFEX   Baltic International Freight Futures Index
 

BIMCO

   The Baltic and International Maritime Council
 
BKR   Bulgarski Koraben Registar (Bulgarian Register of Shipping)
 
BL   1. Bale
 
2. Bill of Lading
 
3. Bleeding (wing tanks)
 

BLG

   Bulk Liquids and Gases
 
BLT   Built
 

BLU Code

   Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers Code
Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers
 
BLY   Barley
 
BM   1. Beam
 
2. Breadth Moulded
 
BMF   Board Measurement Feet  =  1' x 1' x 1''
 
BMM   British Marine Mutual
 

BMSR

   Barbados Maritime Ship Registry
 
BN   Booking Note
 
BNWAS   Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System
 
BOA   Berthing On Arrival
 
BOB   1. Balance On Board
 
2. Bunker On Board
 
BOD   Bunkers On Delivery
 
BOFFERS   Best Offers
 
BOL   Bill Of Lading
 
BOP   Blow-out Preventer
 
BOR   Bunkers On Redelivery
 
BOX   Everyday term for container (or boxed vessel)
 

BP

   British Petroleum (company)
 
BPC   British Phosporous Commission
 
BPM   Bridge Procedures Manual
 
BR   Breadth
 
BRGDS   Best Regards
 
BR.LD.   Break Load
 

BRM

   Bridge Resource Management
 
BROB   Bunkers Remaining On Board
 
BRT   Brutto Register Tons
 

BS

   1. British Standard
 
2. Bunker Surcharge
 
BSC   British Shippers' Council
 
BSI   British Standards Institute
 
BSS   Basis
 
BSS 1/1   Basis 1 port to 1 port
 
BST   1. British Standard Time
 
2. British Summer Time (UTC +1)
 
BT   Berth Terms
 
BTA   British Tugowners Association
 
BTO   British Trust for Ornithology
 

BTM

   Bridge Team Management
 
BU   Bushel
 
BUNDLING   This is the assembly of pieces of cargo, secured into one manageable unit. This is a very flexible description; a rule of thumb is to present cargo at a size easily handled by a large (20 ton) fork lift truck
 
BUNKERS   Name given for vessels Fuel and Diesel Oil supplies (originates from coal bunkers)
 

BV

   Bureau Veritas (classification society)
 
BW   1. Ballast Water
 
2. Brackish Water
 
BWAD   Brackish Water Arrival Draft (or Draught)
 

BWB

   British Waterways Board
 
BWDD   Brackish Water Departure Draught
 

BWM Convention

   Ballast Water Management Convention
International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004
 
BWT   1. Ballast Water Tank
 
2. Bleeding Wing Tanks
 

[Back to top]

 

Print