Glossary of abbreviations

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Acc. No.

Accounting Number

AOH

Phone After Office Hours

AWB

Air waybill number. Used  to track shipment and show delivery status.

BlaLi

Blacklisted supplier

BRT MLD [m]

Breadth moulded

CD

Compact Disc (CD ROM)

CE / Cheng

Chief Engineer

CMCR [kW]

Contracted maximum continuous rating of an engine

CoN

Company Note

CoSp

Company Specific

Crit. Act.

Critical Activity

Crit. Pro.

Critical Product

D/C

Debit/Credit

DD

Dry Dock

Def

Number of outstanding versus total deficiencies

Doc

Document

DPT (MLD) [m]

Depth moulded

dQ

Delta Quantity

DRcv

Date received on vessel

DS

Due State (of an activity)

Dwg No.

Drawing Number

DWT

Dead Weight

EEDI

Energy Efficiency Index

Empl.

Employee(s)

ETA

Estimated Time of Arrival

ETD

Estimated Time of Departure

FrCo

Supplier with Frame Contract

Fvr

Favourite

Fwd

Forward

GloD

Global Document

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GT [t]

Gross Tonnage

hrs

Hours

IBAN

International Bank Account Number

IDM

Installation Data Management

Ign

Supplier is ignored

IMO

Lloyds Number

Inst. Type

Installation (vessel) type

InvS

Invited Suppliers

ISM No.

International Safety Management Number

isSh

Is short

JC

Job card

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

LCS

Last complete sync. Date when the vessel hast performed the last complete synchronisation.

LGO

Last generate reply outcome. Indicates if the server could successfully generate an answer file.

LOA [m]

Length over All

LPP [m]

Length between Perpendiculars

LRD

Last regular file calculation date. Date when the server generated the last regular sync. file.

LRO

Last receive outcome. Indicates if the last sync file from the vessel was loaded on the server or not.

LRS

Last regular file size. Size of the last regular file calculated on server.

LSD

Last send date. Date when server has sent last sync file to the vessel.

LSO

Last send outcome. Outcome of the last attempt to send a sync to the vessel.

LTR

Last try to receive. Date when the server tried to receive last sync file from the vessel.

maxS

Maximum Stock

MCR [kW]

Maximum continuous rating of an engine in kW

minS

Minimum Stock

MOQ

Maximum Order Quantity

MRV

Monitoring, Reporting, Verification. EU marine regulation.

Msg

Message

NC

Number of outstanding versus total Non-conformities

NT [t]

Net Tonnage

Obs

Number of outstanding versus total observations

OD

Overdue jobs

ODC

Overdue critical jobs

ODCL

Overdue critical class jobs

Offers Conv.

Offers Converted

OH

Overhaul

OPEX

Operating Expense, an ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system.

OSD

Offline sync date. Date when the last offline sync file was generated on server.

OTD

Ordered till Date

P.O. Box

Post Office Box

PaRcv

Parts Received

PeN

Personal Note

PIC

Person in Charge

PMS

Planned Maintenance System

POC

Port of Call

Pos

Position

PR

Purchase Request

PrN

(Personal) Product Note

PS

Planning State

QApr

Quantity Approved

QOff

Quantity Offered

QPr

Quantity requested in PR

QRcv

Quantity received

QRfq

Quantity requested in RFQ

Qty

Quantity

Qty/U

Quantity per Unit

RFQ

Request for Quotation

Rcv

Received

Rec

Number of outstanding versus total recommendations

Ref Price/Unit

Reference Price/Unit

Ref. No. Text

Text element of reference number syntax

Rep

Reports

RH

Running hours

RHD

Running hours Display

ROB

Remaining on Board

RTV

Release to vessel

SBM

MESPAS Supplier Business Management

Sel

Selected

SL

Service Letter

SLO

Since last overhaul

Spec.

Specifications

StS

Sent to Supplier

Sup. Eval.

Supplier Evaluation

SWIFT

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

TMSA

Tanker Management Self Assessment

TSM

MESPAS Technical Ship Management

URL

Uniform Resource Locator (web address)

VAT

Value Added Tax

Vsl DB

Vessel Database

WI

Work Instruction

wt

Weight

wt/U

Weight per Unit

ytd

Year to date

YTN

Yard Tag Number