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Maritime Terms and Acronyms
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Maritime Terms and Acronyms
Below is a glossary of maritime terms and acronyms commonly used throughout the website
| Term | Definition |
| ABS | American Bureau of Shipping |
| AHTS | Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel |
| Aframax | Medium-sized oil tankers with a dead weight tonnage between 80,000 and 119,999 |
| ATCT | Air Traffic Control Tower |
| BMEA | British Marine Equipment Association |
| BNEA | British Naval Equipment Association |
| Capemax | Very large and ultra large cargo vessels with a capacity over 150,000 DWT. Includes VLCC and ULCC |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| DIT | Department for International Trade (UK Government) |
| DWT | Dead Weight Tonnage: expresses the number of tons of 2,240 pounds that a vessel can transport of cargo |
| DNV | Det Norske Veritas |
| Fastcat | High-speed catamaran |
| Floatel | Offshore accommodation vessel |
| FPSO | Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel |
| FR | Flame Retardant |
| Handymax | Small-sized cargo ships with a size less than 60,000 DWT |
| Grt | Gross Tonnage: applies to vessels, not to cargo. A vessel ton is 100 cubic feet |
| ICS | International Chamber of Shipping |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| IMO | International Maritime Organisation |
| ISO | The International Organization for Standardization |
| IMPA | The International Marine Purchasing Association |
| LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LT | Long Ton, also called gross ton or imperial ton; weighs 2,240 pounds |
| MSC | Marine Safety Committee |
| MV | Motor Vessel |
| Mwh | Megawatt hour |
| OSV | Offshore Service Vessel / Offshore Support Vessel |
| Panamax | Mid-sized cargo ships capable of passing through the Panama Canal |
| PSV | Platform Supply Vessel |
| Q-Max | Largest LNG carriers that can dock at the LNG terminals in Qatar |
| RNLI | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Ro-Ro | Roll-on/roll-off vessel |
| Ro-Pax | Roll-On-Roll-Off-Passenger-ship/ferry |
| SMI | Society of Maritime Industries |
| SMM | Shipbuilding, Machinery, Marine technology exhibition, Hamburg |
| SOLAS | Safety Of Life At Sea |
| SS | Steam Ship |
| Suezmax | The largest type of ship that can pass through the Suez Canal |
| TA | Type Approved |
| Tonne | Metric tonne of 1,000 kilograms (2,204.68 pounds) |
| ULCC | Ultra Large Crude Carrier |
| UV | Ultra Violet |
| VLCC | Very Large Crude Carrier |
| VTS | Vessel Traffic Services |
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