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C & F Cost and freight
C & I Cost and insurance
C.I.F. Cost, insurance and freight: Export term in which the price quoted by the exporter includes the costs of ocean transportation to the port of destination and insurance coverage.
C/P Charter Party
C/SNEE CONSIGNEE. Name of agent, company or person receiving consignment
CABIN a compartment for passengers or crew.
CABLE SHIP a specially constructed ship for the laying and repairing of telegraph and telephone cables across channels, seas, lakes, and oceans.
CABOTAGE the carriage of goods or passengers for remuneration taken on at one point and discharged at another point within the territory of the same country.
CABOTAGE POLICIES Reservation of a country's coastal (domestic) shipping for its own flag vessels.
CAD computer assisted design
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CAF Currency Adjustment Factor
Can a kind of navigation buoy
CAORF Computer-Assisted Operations Research Facility: A MarAd R&D facility located at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York.
CAP Condition Assesment Programme Survey
Capsize to turn a boat over
CAPSIZE to turn over.
CARGO HANDLING the act of loading and discharging a cargo ship.
CARGO PLAN A plan giving the quantities and description of the various grades carried in the ship's cargo tanks, after the loading is completed.
CARGO PREFERENCE Reserving a portion of a nation's imports and exports to national-flag vessels.
Cargo Retention Clauses Clauses introduced by charterers based on shortage of delivered cargo because of increased oil prices.
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CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT A law enacted in 1936 covering the transportation of merchandise by sea to or from ports of the United States and in foreign trades.
CARRIERS owners or operators of vessels providing transportation to shippers. the term is Also used to refer to the vessels.
Cast Off to release lines holding boat to shore or mooring, to release sheets
CAST OFF to let go.
CATAMARAN a double or treble-hulled vessel constructed in wood, aluminum or reinforced glass fibre and is Also composed of two or three hulls diagonally joined together by Various methods. normally no ballast is needed to counteract the center buoyancy since it enjoys good stability at sea.
Catboat a one sail sailboat
CATUG Short for Catamaran Tug. A rigid catamaran tug connected to a barge. When joined together, they form and look like a single hull of sa ship; oceangoing integrated tug-barge vessels.
CATWALK A raised bridge running fore and aft from the midship, and also called "walkway". It affords safe passage over the pipelines and other deck obstructions.
CBFT (or CFT) Cubic Feet
CBI computer-based information
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CBM Cubic metres
CBT computer-based training
CCC Commodity Credit Corporation.
CCF Capital construction Fund: a tax benefit for operators of U.S.-built, U.S.-flag ships in the U.S. foreign, Great lakes, or noncontiguous domestic trades, by which taxes may be deferred on income deposited in a Fund to be used for the replacement of vessels.
CCP Contolable Pitch Propeller
CCS China Classification Society
CD compact disc
CD Rom compact disc read-only memory
CDS Construction Differential Subsidy: A direct subsidy paid to U.S. shipyards building U.S.-flag ships to offset high construction costs in American shipyards. An amount of subsidy (up to 50 percent) is determined by estimates of construction cost differen
CEN European Committee for Standardisation
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CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation
Centerboard a fin shaped, often removable, board that extends from the bottom of the boat as a keel
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY A document specifying the nation registry of the vessel.
CES coast earth station
CESMA Confederation of European Union Shipmasters Associations
CFR (or C&F) Cost and Freight
CG coast guard
Chafe damage to a line caused by rubbing against another object
CHAFING GEAR Tubing or cloth wrapping used to protect a line from chafing on a rough surface.
Chainplates metal plates bolted to the boat which standing rigging is attached to
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CHANDLER a person who deals in the selling of provisions, dried stores, etc.
CHART a map for use by navigators.
CHARTER PARTY A contractual agreement between a ship owner and a cargo owner, usually arranged by a broker, whereby a ship is chartered (hired) either for one voyage or a period of time.
CHARTER RATES the tariff applied for chartering tonnage in a particular trade.
CHARTERER the person to whom is given the use of the whole of the carrying capacity of a ship for the transportation of cargo or passengers to a stated port for a specified time.
CHIEF ENGINEER Head of engineer department. Keeps records of All engine parts and repairs. generally tends to the functioning of All mechanical equipment on ship. Calculates Fuel and water consumption and requirements. Coordinates Operations with shoreside port engineer.
CHIEF MATE The officer in the deck department next in rank to the master; second in command of a ship. He is next to the master, most especially in the navigation and as far as the deck department is concerned. The chief mate assumes the position of the Master in his absence.
CHIEF STEWARD orders food. Prepares menus. Assists chief cook in food preparation.
CHINE the intersection of the bottom and sides of a flat or v-bottomed boat.
Chock a guide for An anchor, mooring or docking line, attached to the deck
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CHOCK a fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led. Usually U-shaped to reduce chafe.
CHOPT Charterers Option
CHTRS Charterers
CIF Cost, Insurance & Freight. Seller pays all these costs to a nominated port or place of discharge.
CIP Carriage and Insurance paid to...
CIRM International radio maritime committee
CIT Chartered Institute of Transport
CKD Completely knocked down
Class Category in classification register
CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY Worldwide experienced and reputable societies. which undertake to arrange inspections and advise on the hull and machinery of a ship. A private organization that supervises vessels during their construction and afterward, in respect to their seaworthine
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CLC International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
CLEAN SHIP Refers to tankers which have their cargo tanks free of traces of dark persistent oils which remain after carrying crudes and Heavy Fuel oils.
Cleat a fitting used to secure a line to
CLEAT a fitting to which lines are made fast. the classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped.
Clew the lower aft corner of a sail
Close hauled a point of sail where the boat is sailing as close to the wind as possible
Close reach a point of sail where the boat is sailing towards the wind but is not close hauled
CLOVE HITCH a knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
COA Contract of Affreightment - Owners agree to accept a cost per revenue tonne for cargo carried on a specific number of voyages.
COACP Contract of Affreightment Charter Party
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COAMING a vertical piece around the edge of a cockpit, hatch, etc. to prevent water on deck from running below.
COASTWISE Domestic shipping routes along a single coast.
COB Closing of Business
COBLDN Closing of Business London
Cockpit the area, below deck level, that is somewhat more protected than the open deck, from which the tiller or wheel is handled
COCKPIT an opening in the deck from which the boat is handled.
COD Cash On Delivery
CODE OF LINER CONDUCT (UNCTAD) a convention drafted under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on trade and Development which provides that All Shipping traffic between two foreign countries is to be regulated as far as the quantities of shipments are concerned on the follow
COGSA Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
COIL to lay a line down in circular turns.
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COLLIER vessel used for transporting coal.
COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM Electronic system commonly used to prevent collisions in inland navigable waterways.
Colreg International Convention on Collision Regulations,IMO
COLREG convention on International regulations for Preventing collisions at sea.
COMBI Combination passenger/cargo vessel; a vessel specifically designed to carry both containers and conventional cargoes.
Commission See "Brokerage"
COMMON CARRIER Holds himself out for hire to the general public. Must post rates and cannot discriminate against customers whose cargo he is equipped to carry.
COMPLEMENT the number of officers and crew employed upon a vessel for its safe Navigation and operation.
Conference A scheduled liner service offered by owners on given routes on conditions agreed by members.
CONGESTION Port/berth delays
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CONS Consumption
Consignee Name of agent, company or person receiving consignment
CONSIGNEE the person to whom cargo is consigned as stated on the bills of lading.
CONSIGNOR the person named in the bill of lading as the one from whom the goods have been received for shipment.
CONTAINER A van, flatrack, open top trailer or other similar trailer body on or into which cargo is loaded and transported without chassis aboard ocean vessels.; a large rectangular or square container/box of a strong structure that can withstand continuous rough handling from ship to shore and back. It opens from one side to allow cargo to be stacked and stowed into it.
CONTAINER SHIP A ship constructed in such a way that she can easily stack containers near and on top of each other as well as on deck. A vessel designed to carry standard intermodal containers enabling efficient loading, unloading, and transport to and from the vessel
CONTRACT OF AFFREIGHTMENT (COA) a service contract under which a ship owner agrees to transport a specified quantity of Fuel products or specialty products, at a specified rate per ton, between designated loading and discharge ports. this type contract differs from a spot or consecutive voyage charter in that no particular vessel is. specified.
COOK AND BAKER (CHIEF COOK) Cooks and bakes.
COP Custom Of Port
CoSWP Code of Safe Working Practices For Merchant Seamen
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COURSE the direction in which a boat is steered.
COW crude oil washing
CP (or C/P) Charter Party
CPD Charterers Pay Dues
CPI Consumer price Index.
CPT Carriage Paid To
CQD Customary Quick Despatch
CR Current Rate
CREW the personnel engaged on board ship, excluding the Master and officers and the passengers on passenger ships.
CREW LIST List prepared by the master of a ship showing the full names, nationality, passport or discharge book number, rank and age of every officer and crew member engaged on board that ship. This serves as one of the essential ship's documents which is always
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CRN Crane
CROB Cargo Remaining on Board
CROSS-TRADES foreign-to-foreign trade carried by ships from a nation other than the two trading nations.
CRT Cargo Retention Clauses, introduced by charterers based on shortage of delivered cargo because of increased oil prices
CRUDE OIL WASHING a technique of cleaning tanks in oil tankers.
CSS Code of Shipmanagement Standards
CST Centistoke
CTR Container Fitted
CTU cargo transport unit
CUDDY a small shelter cabin in a boat.
CURRENT the horizontal movement of water.
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