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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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