Shipping Glossary
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TIR
Turn-in Reconciliation; Eu. Transports International Routiers - A system involving the issue of a carnet to road hauliers which allows loaded vehicles to cross national frontiers with minimum Customs formalities; U.S. Trailer Interchange Receipt - receipt to shipper delivering a loaded export container to a terminal.
TIR
T
Tk
Tank (Ta)
Tk
T
T.L
Total Loss (T/L)
TL
T
TO
Terminal Operator; Transshipment Order; Transfer Order.
TO
T
Tonn
Tonnage
Tonn
T
TRIPS
Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
TRIPS
T
TS
Transshipment. Transfer from one vessel to another for on carriage.
TS
T
TSP
Terminal ship planner
TSP
T
Tss
Twin screw ship
Tss
T
TT
Transit Time
TT
T
TTO
Through Transport Operator. A Carrier who contracts to carry goods (only part of which carriage he undertakes himself) on the basis that he is a principal whilst the goods are in his personal care and an agent only whilst they are not.
TTO
T
UCC
U.S. Uniform Commercial Code.
UCC
U
u.d
Under deck
ud
U
U.dk
Upper deck
Udk
U
U.L.C.C.
Ultra large crude (oil) carrier
ULCC
U
U.N.
United Nations
UN
U
UNCON
Uncontainerable Goods. Goods which, because of their dimensions, cannot be containerised and which are therefore carried other than in a container.
UNCON
U
UO
Underwriting Office
UO
U
u.s
Under seal
us
U
Us
Unserviceable
Us
U
UU
Unusable i.e. damaged container
UU
U
U/w
Underwriter (uw; u/w)
Uw
U
V.A.T
Value Added Tax
VAT
V
V.C
Variable charge; valuation clause
VC
V
VDN
Valuation Determination Number
VDN
V
V.L.C.C
Very large crude carrier
VLCC
V
VSL
Vessel
VSL
V
v.v
Vice versa
vv
V
WA
With average
WA
W
WABTM
The water is the bottom.
WABTM
W
WB
Waybill
WB
W
Wdk
Weather deck
Wdk
W
W.F.A.
With following alteration
WFA
W
w.g
weight guaranteed
wg
W
whf
Wharf
whf
W
WIBON
Whether in berth or not
WIBON
W
WIFPON
Whether in free pratique or not
WIFPON
W
WIPON
Whether in port or not
WIPON
W
Wk
Week
Wk
W
Wkg
Working
Wkg
W
W/M
Weight and/or measurement
WM
W
w.o.b
Washed overboard
wob
W
W.O.L.
Wharf owner’s liability
WOL
W
w.p
Without prejudice
wp
W
W.P.
Water plane; Weather permitting
WP
W
WPA
With Particular Average
WPA
W
W.R
Warehouse receipt
WR
W
wt
Weight
wt
W
WT
Watertight (W/T)
WT
W
WTS
Working time saved
WTS
W
W/W
Warehouse warrant
WW
W
WW
World Wide Trading
WW
W
W.W.D
Weather working days
WWD
W
W.W.D.SHEX
Weather working days Sundays and Holidays excepted
WWDSHEX
W
W.W.D.SHINC
Weather working days Sundays and Holidays included
WWDSHINC
W
W.W.R
When and Where Ready
WWR
W
XHAUL
Cross Haul
XHAUL
X
XXX
Urgency signal transmitted by wireless telegraph
XXX
X
yd
Yard
yd
Y
yday
Yesterday
yday
Y
Z.T
Zone time
ZT
Z
