Funnel shaped appliance fitted to the end of cargo suction lines in a tanker. They are designed to allow the cargo pump to draw the maximum amount of oil out of the cargo tank without admitting air to the system.

When a liner cargo vessel accepts extra cargo to fill up the empty space remaining.

Letter Of Credit

G2B Radio transmission designatorPhase modulation (automatic reception). A single channel containing quantized or digital information with the use of a modulating sub-carrier. (ALRS)

Burned.

(Free Carrier) (... Named Place):A Term of Sale which means the seller fulfills their obligation when he or she has handed over the goods, cleared for export, into the charge of the carrier named by the buyer at the named place or point. If no precise poi ...

Automation and Robotics

Assembly and Installation

Element in the freight charged by a shipping line which reflects the additional costs of serving a particular area.

Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (containers): A measurement of cargo-carrying capacity on a containership, referring to a common container size of 20 ft in length.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

A mooring line fixed to the bow of the boat and leading aft where it is attached to the dock. This prevents the boat from moving forward in its berth. Its opposite, the forward quarter spring line, is used to keep the boat from moving aft in its berth.

Work done by a man who bustles about doing nothing. Usually amplified by adding "running twice round the scuttle butt and once round the longboat".

Overtime.

A hydrometeor consisting of a visible aggregate of minute water and/or ice particles in the atmosphere above the earth's surface. Cloud differs from fog only in that the latter is, by definition, in contact with the earth's surface.

Where a seller/shipper issues a 'letter of indemnity' in favour of the carrier in exchange for a clean bill of lading

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Maritime Transport Committee is part of this organization. Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness (OGMSA)It is the United States initiative to establish a world–wide maritime information ...

Fuel Quantity Indicator Floristic Quality Index (ecological index) FQI Fuel Quantity Indicator FQI Federal Quality Institute FQI Fibre Quality Index (textiles) FQI Food Quality Indicator FQI Final Quality Inspection (Mazda Motor Corp.) ...

Ex Works Ex works means that the seller delivers when he places the goods at the disposal of the buyer at the seller’s premises or another named place (i.e. works, factory, warehouse, etc.) not cleared for export and not loaded on any collecting vehicle. ...

Laydays/cancelling