A&CP |
Anchors and Chains Proved |
A-H |
Antwerp-Hamburg Range |
A/C |
Air Changes or Account |
A/D/A (or ADA) |
All Details About |
A/E |
Accept/Except (used in chartering counter offer) |
A/F |
also for (additional via ports) |
A/O |
And/Or |
A/S |
Alongside |
AA |
Always Afloat |
AAAA |
Always Accessible Always Afloat |
AAOSA |
Always Afloat or Safe Aground |
AAPA |
the American Association of Port Authorities |
AARA |
Amsterdam-Antwerpen-Rotterdam Area |
AB |
Above Bridges |
ABS (1) |
American Bureau of Shipping |
ABS (2) |
Absolute |
ABT |
About |
ABV |
Above |
ACCT |
Account |
ACP |
African, Caribbean, Pacific countries |
Ad Val |
Ad Valorem (duty) |
ADCOM |
Address Commission |
ADV |
Advise |
AF |
Advance Freight |
AFA |
All Figures About |
AFCSPS |
Arrival First Compulsory Sea Pilot Station |
AFMT |
After Fixing Main Terms |
AFRA |
Average Freight Rate Assessments |
AFSPS |
Arrival First Sea Pilot Station |
Aft |
at or towards the stern of a ship |
AG |
Arabian Gulf |
Agriprods |
AGRIcultural PRODuctS |
Aground |
when the ship touches bottom |
AGW |
All Going Well |
AGWWP |
All Going Well Weather Permitting |
AH |
After Hatch |
AHL |
Australian Hold Ladders (ladders in the ship's holds meeting the requirements of the Australian trades unions) |
AIMS |
American Institute of Merchant Shipping |
ALU |
ALUminium/ALUmina |
Amidships |
at or towards the centre of a ship |
ANTHAM |
Antwerp-Hamburg Range |
AOB |
As On Board |
AP (1) |
Additional Premium (insurance) |
AP (2) |
All Purposes |
AP or A/P |
Aft Perpendicular |
AP or A/P or APT |
After Peak Tank |
API |
American Petroleum Institute |
APS |
Arrival Pilot Station |
AR |
Arrived |
ARA |
Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp Range |
ARAG or ARAGH |
Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Gent range |
ARAZ |
Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Zeebrugge range |
ARB |
Arbitration |
ARH |
Antwerp-Rotterdam-Hamburg range |
ARHB |
Antwerp-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Bremen range |
ASA |
Always safely afloat |
ASF |
As Follows |
ATA |
Actual Time of Arrival |
ATDN |
Any Time Day and Night |
ATDNSHINC |
Any Time Day or Night Sundays and Holidays Included |
ATDON |
AT Day Or Night |
ATN |
Aids to Navigation |
ATS |
All Time Saved (laytime) |
ATSB or ATSBE |
All Time Saved Both Ends |
ATSDO |
All Time Saved Discharging Only |
ATUTC |
Actual Time Used to Count (in relation to laytime) |
Aussie |
Australia |
AWH |
Available Workable Hatches |
AWIWL |
Always Within Institute Warranty Limits |
AWRI |
Additional War Risk Insurance |
AWTSBE |
All Working Time Saved Both Ends |
AWTSDO |
All Working Time Saved Discharging Only |
AWTSLO |
All Working Time Saved Loading Only |
