OTROS : Glossary of Terms 1 / 2 SB
One or two safe berth(s).
1 / 2 SP
One or two safe port(s)..
1 OPT 1
One year, option another one year
A & CP
Anchors and chains proved.
A.B.O. ABO
As brokers only
A.P. OR A/P
After peak Tank
a/f
Also for (referring to ports to be touched by the ship).
A/S
Alongside
Aa (AA)
Always afloat.
AAAA
Always afloat and (always) accessible.
AARA
Amsterdam-Antwerp-Rotterdam Area
AB
Above bridges.
Abt
About.
ACP
African, Caribbean, Pacific countries.
Ad val.
Ad Valorem (duty).
ADCOM/Addcomm
Address commission.
ADV
Advise
AF
Advance freight.
AFRA
Average freight rate assessments.
AFSPS
Arrival First Sea Piolt Station
AFT
At or towards the stern or rear of a ship
AG
Arabian Gulf (also referred to as PG Persian Gulf)
AGRIPODS
Agricultural products.
AGW
All going well.
AGWWP
All going well weather permitting.
AH
Range of ports between and including Antwerp and Hamburg.
Ah (AH)
After hatch
AhL
Australian hold ladders.
AICS
Associate of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.
AIMS
American Institute of Merchant Shipping.
ANTHAM
Antwerp-Hamburg Range
AOG
Act of God.
Ap or A/P
Aft perpendicular (of ship); after peak; all purposes; additional premium.
Apl
American Petroleum Institute.
APS
Arrival Pilot Station
APT
After peak tank.
AR
Antwerp – Rotterdam range.
AR
Arrived.
ARA
Antwerp – Rotterdam – Amsterdam range of ports.
ARAG
Amsterdam-Rotterdam–Antwerp-Gent Range
ARAGH
Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Ghent.
ARH
Antwerp – Rotterdam – Hamburg range.
ARHB
Antwerp – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Bremen range.
ASA
Always safe(ly) afloat.
ASAP (asap)
As soon as possible.
ASBA
Association of Shipbrokers and Agents.
ATA
Actual Time of arrival
ATDN
Any time day and night.
ATDNSHINC
Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays UIncluded
ATN
Aids to Navigation
ATRS
American Tank Rate Schedule.
ATS
Actual time saved or All time saved.
ATSB/ATSBE
All time saved both ends.
ATSDO
All time saved loading only.
ATUTC
Actual Times Used to Count
AWH
Available workable hatches.
AWTSBE
All working time saved both ends.
AWTSDO
All working time saved discharging only.
AWTSLO
All working time saved loading only.
AWTWL
All within Institute Warranty Limits.
B (Bl)
Bale capacity; bale; ballast.
B S S 1/1
Basis 1 port to 1 port
B.H.(range)
Range of ports between and including Bordeaux & Hamburg
b.o.
Buyer’s option; broker’s order.
B.P.(bp/b.p.)
Between perpendiculars; boiling point (gases).
B.S.
Boiler survey; bunker surcharge.
B.S. & W.
Bottom (or base) sediment and water.
b/d
Barrels per day.
B/E
Break even; (customs) bill of entry; bill of exchange.
B/E (Bends)
Both ends.
b/h
Barrels per hour.
B/L/b lading (Bs/L)
Bill of Lading (plural of B/L).
B/N (b/n)
Booking note.
B/O (b/o)
Bulk/oil carrier.
B/R
Bordeaux of Rouen.
BA
Buenos Aires.
BACAT
Barge aboard catamaran
BAF
Bunker Adjustment Factor
Bar (brl)
Barrel.
BB
Ballast bonus; bar bound; below bridges; bulbous bow; bareboat, bare boat charter
BBB
Before Breaking Bulk
BBCD
Bareboat-cum-demise.
BC
British Columbia; British Channel.
BD
Bar draft, below deck.
BDI
Both dates (days) inclusive (or included).
BEAM
The maximum breadth of a ship
BENDS
Both Ends (Load & Discharge Ports)
BENELUX
Belguim, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
Bext.
Breadth extreme.
BFI
Baltic Freight Index
BFO
Bunker fuel oil.
BH (B/H)
Bill of health; bulkhead.
BHF
Bulk harmless fertilizers.
Bhp (BHP)
Brake horse power (oil engines).
Bi/Bl
Both inclusive.
BIBO
Bulk in, bag out.
BIFFEX
The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange
BIMCO
Baltic & International Maritime Council
BK
Bar keel.
BL
Bale
BL
Bill of Lading
BLK
Bulk.
BLSEA
Baltic Sea.
BLST (BST)
Ballast.
BM
Beam
BOA
Berthing on arrival.
BOB
Bunker on Board
BOD
Board of Directors.
BOFFER(S)
Best Offer(s)
BOR
Bunkers on re-delivery.
BORO
Bulk, Oil and roll-on, roll-off vessel.
BROB
Bunkers Remaining on Board
BS
Broken Stowage
BSS
Basis
BSS 1/1
Basis 1 Port to 1 Port
BST
British Summer Time, British Standard Time.
BT (bt)
Berth terms.
BTD
Butadiene (cargo for gas carrier).
BTU
British Thermal Unit.
BW/BWA
Brackish water/ brackish water allowance.
BWAD
Brackish Water Arrival Draft
BWDD
Brackish water departure draft.
C
Shine, Sundays and holidays included.
C & F (CFR)
Cost and freight.
C and/or J
China and/or Japan.
C of B
Centre of Buoyancy
C&F
Cost and Freight
C&F FO
Cost & Freight Free Out
c.f.g
cubic feet of gas
c.f.g.d./hr./min
cubic feet of gas per day / hour / minute
c.f.hr./sec.
cubic feet per hour/second
C.I.F.
Cost, insurance and freight.
C.I.F. & E.
Cost, insurance, freight and exchange.
C.I.F.F.I.
Cost, insurance, freight, commission and interest.
C.I.F.F.O.
Cost, insurance, freight, and free out.
C.I.F.I. & E.
Cost, insurance, freight, interest and exchange.
c.i.f.l.t. (CIFLT)
Cost, insurance and freight, London terms.
c.m.p.s
centimetres per second
C.O.
Country of origin; cargo oil; case oil
c.o.d.
Cash on delivery.
C/N
Credit Note
C/P (c/p orCP)
Charter party.
C/V/E
Cable, victuals and entertainment.
CABAF
Currency and bunkering adjustment factors.
CABE (cabe)
Charterer’s agents both ends.
CAF
Currency adjustment factor.
CAN
Calcium ammonium nitrate (cargo).
CAR (CARIB)
Carribean Islands.
CB & H Cont. (BH)
Continent between Bordeaux and Hamburg.
CBFT (or CFT)
Cubic Feet
CBM
Cubic Meter
CBT
Clean ballast tanks
cc.hr./min
Cubic centimeter per hour/minute
CD
Customary Despatch
CENSA(pron.Kensa)
Council of European and Japanese National Shipowners Associations.
CFR (or C&F)
Cost and Freight
CH & H
Continent between Le Havre and Hamburg
CHA
Customs house agent.
CHINPAC
China Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
CHN
China.
CHOPT
Charterers Option
CHRTS
Charterer’s
CIF
Cost, Insurance & Freight.
CIM
International Convention Concerning the Carriage of Goods by Rail.
CIP
Carriage and insurance paid to.
CKD
Completely knocked down
CLC
Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969.a
CMI
Comite Maritime International.
CMR
Convention on the Contract for Intrntnl Carriage of Goods by Road.
cnr
Charter not reported.
COA
Contract of Affreightment.
COACP
Contract of Affreightment Charter Party
COB
Cargo on board; close of business.
COD
Cas On Delivery
COFR
Certificate of Financial Responsibility.
COGS (COGSA)
Carriage of Goods by Sea (Act).
COMP
Completing.
CONFI
Confidential.
CONS
Consecutive; consumption.
Cont. (Cont.)
Continent or Europe.
COP
Custom Of Port
COW
Crude Oil Washing
CP (or C/P)
Charter Party
CPD
Charterers Pay Dues
CPP
Clean petroleum products.
CPT
Carriage paid to.
CQD
Customary Quick Despatch
CR (cr)
Current rate; carrier’s risk.
CRD
Current rate discharge.
CRISTAL
Contract Regarding an Interim Settlement to Tanker Liability for Oil Pollution Damage.
CRL
Current rate of load.
CRN
Crane
CROB
Cargo Remaining on Board
CS
Laden Cape, ballast Suez.
CSC
International Convention for Safe Containers
CSD
Closed shelter deck
CST (c/s)
Centistokes.
CT
Centre tank; cargo tank; cubic tonnage of a ship.
CTO
Combined transport operator
CTR
Container Fitted
CVO
Certificate of value and origin
CVs (consec)
Consecutive voyages.
Cwt.
Hundred weight.
CY
Country yard
D ½ D (DHD)
Despatch money payable at half demurrage rate. (Also demurrage, half dispatch).
D 1/2 D (d 1/2 D)
Despatch money payable at half demurrage rate
D.O.
Delivery Order
d.p.
Direct port.
D.T.
Deep Tank
D/A (DA)
Discharge afloat, Disbursement Account
D/C
Deviation clause; (in) direct continuation.
D/P
Documents against payment
D/R/D
Dunnage, removal and disposal.
daa
Discharge always afloat.
DAF
Delivered at frontier.
DAMFORDET
Damages for Detention.
DAP (DAPS)
Days all purpose; di-ammonium phosphate (fertilizer).
DB (db)
Double bottom.
DBB (d. b. b.)
Deals, battens and boards (timber).
DBE
Despatch payable both ends
DBEATS
Despatch (payable) both ends, all time saved
DBEWTS
Despatch (payable) both ends, working time saved.
DBT
Double Bottom Tanks
DD
Daily discharge; dry docking.
DDGS
Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles
DDO (ddo)
Despatch discharging only.
DDP
Delivered duty paid.
DDU
Delivered duty unpaid.
DEC
De-ratting exemption certificate.
DEL (DELY)
Delivery.
DEM
Demurrage (Quay Rent).
DEM-DES(P)
Demurrage and dispatch.
DEQ
Delivered ex-quay
Der (DR)
Derricks.
DES
Delivered ex-ship
DET
Detention
DETS
Details.
DF
Dead Freight
DFD
Demurrage, free dispatch.
Dft
Draft (also spelt, draught).
dh
Double hull.
DHD
Despatch half demurrage
DHDATSBE
Dispatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends
DHDWTSBE
Dispatch Half Demurrage on Working TIme Saved Both Ends
DIRTY
Crude black oil.
DISCH
Discharge
DK
Deck
DLOSP
Dropping last outward sea pilot.
DLY
Daily.
DNRCAOSLONL
Discountless and Non-Returnable Cargo and/or Ship Lost or Not Lost
DO (d.o.)
Diesel oil.
DOHP
Dropping outward harbour pilot.
DOLSP
Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot
DOP (dop)
Dropping outward pilot.
DOSP
Dropping outward sea pilot.
DOT
Department of Transportation
DPD
Discharge port disbursements.
DPP (d.p.p.)
Dirty petroleum products.
DRATE
Discharge rate.
DRC (d.r.c.)
Daily running cost.
DRI
Direct reduced iron (cargo).
DRK
Derrick
DWA
Dock water allowance.
DWAT (dwat)
Deadweight all told.
DWCC(dwcc)
Deadweight cargo capacity.
Dwct
Deadweight cargo tons.
DWOC
Decline without counter.
DWT
Deadweight (tonnage).
E
East.
e.o.h.p.
Except otherwise herein provided.
E.O.P.
End (completion) of passage.
EAT
Expected (or estimated) arrival time.
Eb
Empty ballast
EC
East Coast; European Communities
ECCP
East Coast (UK) coal port
ECGB
East Coast of Great Britain.
ECI
East coast of Ireland
ECM
East coast of Mexico
ECNA
East Coast of North America.
ECSA
East Coast of South America.
ECUK
East Coast of United Kingdom.
ECUS
East Coast of U.S.A
EDI
Electronic data interchange.
EGM
Export general manifest.
EI
East Indies
EIU
Even if used.
ELVENT
Electric Ventilation
ENE
East North-East.
EOP
End (Completion) of passage
EP
Estimated position.
ERLOAD
Expected ready to load.
ERV
Each round voyage.
EST
European Standard Time.
est.
Estimated.
ETA
Estimated Time of Arrival
ETBC
Easy trimmer bulk carrier.
ETC
Estimated Time of Completion
ETD
Estimated Time of Departure
ETF
Expected time of finishing
ETR
Expected to be ready.
ETS
Estimated Time of Sailing
EUROMED
European Mediterranean.
EXW
Ex Works
F
Fresh water load line mark; forward; forecastle; Fahrenheit.
F&D
Freight and demurrage
F.DESP
Free dispatch.
F.DIS
Free discharge.
FAC
Fast as can
Faccop
Fast as can, according to the custom of the port.
FAF
Fuel adjustment factor
FAK
Freight all kinds (containers)
FAS
Free alongside; free arrival station.
FBD
Freeboard.
FBL
FIATA Combined transport bill of lading
FC
Fund Convention (for oil pollution damage).
FCA
Free to Carrier.
FCC
First class charterer
FCL
Full container load
FCS
Fresh of capture and seizure.
FCSSS
For Christ’s sake say something (slang).
FD
Free discharge; free of dispatch.
FDD
Freight Demurrage Deadfreight
FDEDANRSAOCLONL
Freight Deemed Earned Discountless & Non-Refundable Ship &/or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost
FDESP
Free Dispatch
FDIS
Free Discharge
FEAST
Far East
FEU
Forty foot equivalent unit.
Ffa
Free from alongside.
FFI
For further instructions.
FH
First half
FHEX
Fridays, Holidays Excluded (Muslim Countries)
FHINC
Fridays and holidays included.
FIB
Free into barge; free into bunkers.
FICS
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.
FILO
Free in and liner out.
FILTD
Free in, liner terms discharge
FIO
Free In/Out.
FIOLS
Free in and out, lashed and secured.
FIOS
Free in and out, and stowed.
FIOSpT
Fee in and out, spout trimmed.
FIOST
Free in and out, stowed and trimmed.
FIOT
Free In/Out and Trimmed.
FISLSD/LO
Free in, stowed, lashed, secured and dunnaged /liner out.
FIT
Free In Trimmed OR Free of income tax
FIW
Free In Wagon
FLASH
Feeder lighter aboard ship
FLT
Full liner terms; forklift truck.
FMC
Federal Maritime Commission
FMS
Fathoms
FO
Free overside; fuel oil; furnace oil; for orders; free out.
FO (IFO)
Fuel Oil/Intermediate FO
FOB
Free on Board.
FOBS
Free on board and stowed.
FOBT
Free on board and trimmed.
FOC
Flag of Convennience; free of conveyance; also free of charge
FOD
Free of damage.
FOFFER
Firm Offer
FOG
For Our Guidance
FOM
Flag, ownership and management.
FONASBA
Federation of National Association of Shipbrokers and Agents
FOQ
Free on quay.
FOR
Free On Rail
FOS
Free on ship.
FOT
Free On Truck
FOW
First open water; free on wharf; free on wagon.
FP
(In) free pratique; flash point.
FT
Fuel terms; also, full terms.
FTTM
First thing tomorrow morning.
FV
Fishing vessel.
FW
Fresh water.
FWA
Fresh water allowance.
FWAD
Fresh Water Arrival Draft
Fwd
Forward.
FWDD
Fresh Water Departure Draft
FYG
For your guidance.
FYI
For Your Information
G
Grain capacity.
G.A.
General Average.
G.B.
Great Britain.
G/B (GR/BL)
Grain / bale capacity.
GBB
Gross ballast bonus.
GC
General cargo; great circle.
GENCAR
General cargo.
GEOG RTN
In geographical rotation.
G-H RGE
Gibraltar – Hamburg range
GIB
Gibraltar.
GLESS
Gear less – Vessel with out cranes or derricks
GLFD
Gas oil.
GLS
Gearless – Vessel with out cranes or derricks
GN (or GR)
Grain (capacity)
GNCN
Gencon (General Conditions)
GO
Gas Oil
GOP
Gross operating profit.
GP
General purpose
GRD
Geared.
GRT
Gross register ton.
GSB
Good Safe Berth
GSP
Good Safe Port
GSSL
Ports of Genoa, Savona, Spezia or Leghorn.
GSSLNCV
Ports of Genoa, Savona, Spezia, Leghorn, Naples, Civetta or Vecchia
GT
Gross tonnage.
GTEE
Guarantee
Guar. (Gtee)
Guaranteed.
H.A. or D.
Le Havre, Antwerp or Dunkirk.
H.H. (H/H)
Ports between and inclusive of Le Havre and Hamburg.
Ha
Hatch, hatchway.
HAT
Highest astronomical tide.
HBR
Hamburg range.
HC
hatch cover; hold cleaning.
HCHTRS
Head charterers.
HCM
Ho Chi Minh City.
HD
Half dispatch.
HDLTSBENDS
Half Dispatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends
HDWTS
Half Despatch Working Time Saved
HDWTSBE
Half dispatch working time saved both ends
HFO
Heavy fuel oil.
HG
Heavy grain.
HHDW
Handy Heavy d.w. (scrap)
HHDWS
Heavy, handy, deadweight scrap
HLESS
Harmless
HMB
Heavy motor block
HMS
Heavy Melting Scrap
HNS
Hazardous and Noxious Substances
HO
Hold
Ho/Ha
Holds/hatches.
HR/HRDS
Hampton Roads
HSD
High speed diesel.
HSS
Heavy grains, Soyabeans and sorghums
HVF
Heavy viscosity fuel oil.
HW
High Water
HWDW
Heavy, handy, dead weight.
HWLTHC
Height waterline to top hatch.
HWONT
High water at ordinary neap tides
HWOST
High water at ordinary spring tides
I.A.C.S. (IACS)
International Association of Classification Societies.
IATA
International Air Transport Association.
IBC
Intermediate bulk carrier.
ICC
International Chamber of Commerce.
ICS
Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers; International Chamber of Shipping.
IDL
International Date Line.
IFO
Intermediate fuel oil.
IGM
Import general manifest.
IGS
Inert Gas System.
IHAM
Immigham
IHP
Indicated horse power.
ILO
International Labour Organisation, Geneva.
ILOHC
In lieu of hold cleaning.
ILOW
In lieu of weighing.
IMB
International Maritime Bureau.
IMDG
International Maritime Dangerous Goods
IMO
International Maritime Organisation
IN&/OR OVER
Goods carried below or on deck
IND
Indication
INDO
Indonesia.
INMARSAT
International Maritime Convention on Communication by Satellite.
INTERCARGO
International Association of Dry Cargo shipowners.
INTERTANKO
International Association of Independent Tanker Owners.
IOPC
International Oil Pollution Compensation
IOT (INCLOT)
Including overtime.
ISF
International Shipping Federation.
ISM
International Safety Management (Code).
ISO
International Standards Organisation.
ITF
International Transport Worker’s Federation.
IU
If Used
IUATUC
If used actual time used to count
IUHTAUTC
If Used, Half Time Actually to Count
IWL
Institute Warranty Limits
j. & w.o.
Jettison and washing overboard.
JBL
Jubail
Jett
Jettison.
JV
Joint venture.
K
“000” i.e. thousand, e.g. 2K = two thousand.
k, kn, knt, kt, knot
Knot; nautical miles (6080 feet or 1853 metres) per hour.
KMT
Distance from keel to mast.
KRS
Koreans.
L
Laden.
L/D
Loading/discharging.
LA
Los Angeles
LASH
Lighter aboard ship (barge carrier).
LAT
Lowest austronomical tide; latitude.
Lay/can (L/C, LYCN)
Laydays commencing/ laydays canceling (dates) or laydays/canceling.
LB
Long Beach
LBP
Length between perpendiculars.
LC (L/C)
London clause; letter of credit; laycan.
LCI
Lambert’s Capesize Index.
Lcr
Lowest current rate.
LDN
London; Laden
LDO
Light diesel oil.
LDPT
Load Port
LEFO
Land’s end for orders.
LGFM
Lond Grain Fixures Market
LHAR
London, Hull, Amsterdam or Rotterdam.
LIFO
Liner in, Free out; Last in, First out
LL
Laden legs; loadlines.
LLT
London landed terms.
LM
Lane metres.
LMC
Lloyd’s machinery certificate.
LNG
Liquefied natural gas (carrier).
LO
Lubricating oil.
LO/LO
Load-on and load-off or Lift-on and lift-off vessel.
LOA
Length Overall of the vessel
LOF
Lloyd’s Open Form. (Salvage Agreement), 1995.
LOI
Letter of indemnity.
LOW
Last open water.
LPD
Load port disbursements.
LPG
Liquified petroleum gas
Lpl
Liverpool
LQT
Liverpool quay terms.
LRATE
Load rate.
LS
Lumber (timber) summer loadline.
LS (or LUMPS)
Lumpsum
LSD
Landing ship dock; landing, storage and delivery
LSD
Lashed Secured Dunnaged
LSLSDU
Loaded, stowed, lasned, secured, dunnaged and unlashed.
LT (It/Its)
Long ton; liner terms; London terms.
Lt. V
Light vessel.
LTBENDS
Liner terms, both ends.
LTS (BE)
Laytime saved (both ends).
LW
Low Water
LWNA
Lumber Winter North Atlantic (loadline).
LYCN
Laycan (Layday Cancelling Date)
M
Metre; measure; measurement.
M/R
Mate’s receipt.
M/V
Motor Vessel
MAA
Mina Al Ahmadi
MAP
Mono-ammonium phosphate
MARPOL
Convention for the Prevention of Maritime Pollution from ships (1973/1978).
MATS
Material(s), (i.e. dunnage).
MB
Merchant Broker
MB/T
Motor blocks/ turnings.
MBTE
Methyl, butyl, tertiaer ether
MDO
Marine diesel oil.
MED
Mediteranean
MEX
Mexico.
MH
Main hatch.
MHWN
Mean high water neaps (formerly, HWONT).
MHWS
Mean high water springs (formerly, HWOST).
MIC
Man-in-charge.
MICS
Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.
MIN/MAX
Minimum/Maximum
MIO
Millon(s).
ML
Motor launch.
MLD
Moulded.
MLLW
Mean low low water.
MLS
Miles.
MLW
Mean low low water.
MLWN
Mean low water neaps
MLWS
Mean low water springs
MOL
More or Less
MOLCHOPT
More or Less Charterers Option
MOLOO
More or Less Owners Option
MOP
Muriate of Potash (fertiliser)
MOS
Months.
MPP
Multi-purpose (vessel).
MRX
Medium range cross-purpose tanker.
MS
Motor shop; motor spirit; machinery survey.
MSA
Merchant Shipping Act.
MSC
Manchester Ship Canal; Maritime Safety Committee (of IMO).
MSDS M.S.D.S
Material Safety Data Sheet
Mst
Measurement.
MSV
Motor support vessel.
Mt
Empty.
MT
Metric ton (tonne); multimodal transport; main terms; motor tanker.
MTL
Mean tidal level.
MTO
Multimodal transport operator.
MTPA
Million metric tonnes per annum.
MV
Motor vessel.
N
And
N CONT (NO CONT)
North Continent.
N(NTH)
North.
n.E.
Not east of.
n.e.p.(NEP)
Not elsewhere provided.
n.m.
Nautical mile.
n.N.(N/N)
Not north of
N.O.P.
Net operating profit.
n.o.p.
Not otherwise provided.
n.S.
Not south of.
n.W.
Not west of.
N.Y.T.
New York Standard Time.
N/B
New building.
N/t
New terms (grain trade).
NA
North Atlantic; North America; nearest approach.
NAA
Not always Afloat
NAABSA
Not Always Afloat but Safely Aground
NCB
National Cargo Bureau
NCSA
North Coast South America
NES(n.e.s)
Not elsewhere specified.
NEW
North West Europe
NEWCT
North East of West Coast Italy.
NHP
Nominal horse power.
NJ
New Jason clause in C/P.
NMPD
Nautical miles per day.
NNGWB
Not north of George Washington Bridge (i.e. New York).
NOLA
New Orleans
NOPAC
North Pacific (Ports)
NOR (N/R)
Notice of Readiness.
NOR T & A
Notice of Readiness tendered and accepted.
NORT
Notice of Readiness tendered.
NPK
Nitro Phosphatic Kompound
NR
Northern Range of Ports (in US)
NR T (nrt)
Not register tonnage.
NRT
Net Restricted Tonnage
NS
No sparring.
NSW
New South Wales (Australia)
NT
Net tonnage; neap tides; new tonnage.
NTC
Not to count.
NTCEIU
Not to count, even if used.
NTCEUU
Not to count, unless used.
NVOCC
Non-vessel owing common carrier.
NY (NYK)
New York.
NYPE
New York Produce Exchange
O.O.
Owner’s option.
o.t.
Overtime.
O/B
On board.
O/C
Open charter; ore carrier
O/D
Over deck.
O/O
Oil/ore (or ore/oil) carrier.
o/w
Outward.
oa
Overall
OA OK
Overage okay.
oaaoop
On arrival at or of the port.
OABE
Owners agents both ends
OAFSP
On arrival first sea pilot.
OAGE
Overage.
OAHPS
On arrival harbour pilot station
OAL
Overall length (same as LOA).
OAPEC
Organisation of Arabic Petroleum Exporting Countries.
OBO
Oil, bulk, ore carrier.
OBQ
On board quantity.
Oc B/L
Ocean bill of lading.
OCC
Outward clearance certificate; Oil Co-ordination Committee.
OCIMF
Oil Companies International Marine Forum
ODM
Oil discharge monitor
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
O-H (O/H)
Off-hire.
OHBC
Open hatch bulk carrier.
OO
Owners Option
OPA
(US) Oil Pollution Act, 1990 or Owners Protecting Agent
OPEC
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
OPT(opt)
Option.
OSB
One safe berth.
OSD/CSD
Open shelter deck or closed shelter deck (vessel).
OSH
Open Shelter Deck
OSP
One safe port.
OSPB
One safe port or berth.
OSV
Offshore supply vessel.
OWS
Owners
P & I (PANDI)
Protection and Indemnity (Club).
P + C (P AND C)
Private and confidential.
p.f.t.
Per freight ton.
p.p. (pp)
Picked ports.
p.p.i.
Policy proof of interest.
p.t. (PT)
Per ton; private terms.
PA (P/A)
Particular average.
PAD
Pacific Australia Direct
PASTUS
Past Us
PAT
Pen Air Turnover = air volume m3 per h / pen area m2
PB
Permanent bunkers; poop and bridge.
PBF
Poop, bridge and forecastle.
PC
Period of Charter, Port Clearance
pc
Part cargo, parcel cargo.
PCC
Pure car carrier.
PCGO
Part Cargo
PCM
Per calender month (hire).
PCNT
Panama Canal Net Tonnage.
PCO (PICO)
Port in charterer’s option.
PCT
Percent
PCTC
Pure car and truck carrier.
PD
Port dues.
PDPR
Per day pro-rata.
PER SE
By Itself
PERDIEM
By the Day
PG (P/G)
Persian Gulf (also, referred as AG = Arabian Gulf)
PHC
Port handling charges.
PHD
Per hatch per day.
PHO
Port health officer.
PHPD
Per Hatch Per Day
PIC
Person in charge.
PIOPIC
P & I Oil Pollution Indemnity Clause.
PLS
Please
PMO
Passing Muscat outbound
PMT
Per metric ton.
POA
Place of acceptance.
POB
Pilot on board.
poc (POC)
Port of call.
pod (POD)
Port of Discharge
POL
Petroleum, oil and lube Or Port of Loading
por (POR)
Port of refuge.
PPS
Pumps (capacity in cubic metres).
PPT
Prompt
PPUK
Picked ports of U.K
PQ
Province of Quebec.
PRC
People’s Republic of China.
PSG
Passing
PSI
Pounds per square inch; pre shipment inspection.
pssg (PSSG)
Passing.
PST
Pacific Standard Time.
pt B
Port bunkers.
PUS
Past us.
PWWD
Per Weather Working day
q.c
Quantity at Captain’s option
q.n.
Quotation.
qlty
Quality.
Quad
Canada, EC, Japan & US
QWT
Quay weight
R of T
Range of tide.
r.d.
Running days.
R/E
Rate of exchange.
R/P
Return to port for orders.
R/T
Revenue ton.
R/V (RV)
Round voyage.
RAPL
Rotterdam – Amsterdam Pipeline.
RBAY
Richards Bay
RBCT
Richards Boy Coal Terminal.
RCN
Research octane number.
RCVR
Receivers
RDC (rdc)
Running down clause.
Rds
Roads.
Re-cap
Recapitulation (summary of main points).
RED
Rate, extras demurrage.
REDEL
Re-delivery.
RELET
To sub-charter
RNR
Rate not reported.
Roads (roads)
Anchorage Area
ROB
Remaining on board.
RORO (ro-ro)
Roll-on/roll-off (vessel).
RPM
Revolutions (or rotations) per minute.
RPS
Revolutions (or rotations) per second.
RPT
Repeat.
RT
Right time of ship departure/arrival or rye terms.
RT
Revenue Tonne
RTBA
Rate to be agreed.
RTD
Round trip distance.
RUW
Ruwais (port)
S
Summer loadline; south.
S & P (S AND P)
Sale and purchase.
S d/k
Shelter deck.
s.s. & c.
Same sea and country coast.
S/a
Safe arrival; subject to approval.
S/A (S.A.)
South America; South Australia; South Africa; safe anchorage; Salvage Association.
S/F (SOF)
Statement of facts.
S/N
Shipping note.
S/o
Shipowner.
S/S
Suez laden, Suez ballast.
SA/SHEX
Saturday afternoon/Sundays and holidays excepted.
SABIO
Stem and Berth in order
SATPM
Saturday P.M.
SATSHEX/SSHEX
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted.
SB
Safe berth.
SBE
Standby engine.
SBM
Single buoy mooring (for oil tankers); soyabean meal (cargo).
SBT
Segregated ballast tanks.
SC
Slot Charter
SCNT
Suez Canal Net Tonnage.
SD
Single deck; self-discharging.
SDBC
Single Decker bulk carrier
SDR
Special Drawing Rights (IMF).
SDWT (sdwt)
Summer deadweight.
SEA
South east Asia
SELFD
Self Discharging
SEMI-TRAILERS
Are usually 12.0 meter flatbed road trailers
SF
San Francisco; Summer Freeboard; Stowage factor.
SG
Specific gravity.
SH
Second Half
SHEX
Sundays and holidays excepted.
SHEXEIU
Sundays and holidays excepted, even if used.
SHEXUU
Sundays and holidays excepted, unless used.
SHINC
Sundays, Holidays Included
SHU
Shuaibu (port).
Sim Sub
Similar substitute.
SITPRO
Simplification of International Trade Procedures (Board).
SKO
Superior kerosene oil.
SKOR
South Korea
SL
Sailed.
SLT
Sludge Tank
SOB
Shipped on board.
SOC
Shipper Owned Container
SOF
Statement of Facts
SOLAS
International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea (1974/78).
SP
Safe Port
SPASS
Skaw – Passero (range)
spd
Ship pays dues; speed.
SPM
Single point mooring.
SPN
Spain
SPT (spt)
Spot.
SRBL
Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading
SS
Service speed; steamship; special survey.
SSHEX (or SATSHEX)
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded
SSHINC (or SATSHINC)
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included
SSW
Summer salt water.
STBC
Self-trimming bulk carrier
Stc
Said to contain
STCW
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers.
STD (std)
Standard (timber trade).
STEM
Subject To Enough Merchandise (Availability of Cargo)
STERN
The aformost part of a ship
Sth
South
STL
Steel.
Stoa
Subject to owner’s approval.
Stw
Said to weigh.
SUB
Subject (to)
Sub open
Subject open
Sub stem
Subject stem (availability of cargo).
Subdets
Subject details (of C/P).
SUBDGS
Subject to Director-General of Shipping approval.
SUBs
Subjects (fixed on)
SUIT
Suitable.
SV
Sailing vessel.
SW
Salt water; shipper’s weight.
SWAD
Salt Water Arrival Draft
SWDD
Salt water departure draft.
SWL
Safe working load (of cranes, derricks).
T
Tropical loadline
T/C Trip (TCT)
Time charter trip.
T/P
Trans Pacific.
T/S
Time sheet; transshipment.
TAFHEX
Thursday afternoons Fridays and holidays excepted.
TARV (TA R/V)
Trans Atlantic Round Voyage
TBA
To be advised.
TBD
To be declared.
TBMA
To be mutually agreed.
TBN
To be nominated
TC (T/C, t/c)
Time charter.
TCE
Time charter equivalent.
TCH
Time charter hire
TCM
Convention on the International Combined Transport of Goods.
TCT
Time charter Trip, timecharter trip
TCY
Time charter yield
TDK
Tween decker.
TDW (tdw)
Tons deadweight.
TECH
Toxic, explosive, corrosive and hazardous (dangerous cargo)
TEU
Twenty foot equivalent unit.
TF
Tropical fresh water loadline.
THC
Terminal handling charges,
TIB
Trimmed in bunkers.
TIP
Takind inward pilot
TMK
Tonnage mark.
TNC
Time to next cargo
TNGE
Tonnage.
TOTCOM
Total commission.
TOVALOP
Tanker Owners Voluntary Agreement Concerning Liability for oil Pollution
Tp
Time in port.
TPC
Tons per centimeter (immersion).
TPCM
Tons per cubic metre
TPD
Tons per day.
TPI
Tons per inch
TPRV (TP R/V)
Trans Pacific Round Voyage
TR
Tons registered.
TRND
To be renamed.
Ts
Time at sea.
TSP
Triple super phosphate
TST
Topside tank.
TT
Telegraphic transfer
TTL
Total
TW
Tween Decker
TWHD
Tons per working or workable hatch per day.
TYT
Thanks your telex.
U.K.f.o.
United Kingdom for orders.
U.K.H.A.D.
United Kingdom and Le Havre-Antwerp-Dunkirk range.
U.K.H.H.
United Kingdom and Le Havre-Hamburg range.
UCE
Unforeseen circumstances excepted
U/D
Under deck.
UK/Cont (B.H.)
United Kingdom or Continent (Bordeaux-Hamburg range).
UK/Cont (G.H.)
United Kingdom or Continent (Gibraltar-Hamburg range).
UK/Cont (H.H.)
United Kingdom or Continent (Le Havre-Hamburg range).
UKC
United Kingdom or Continent
ULCC
Ultra large crude carrier.
UNCITRAL
United Nations’ Commission on International Trade Law.
UNCTAD
United Nations’ Commission on Trade and Development.
USAC
United States Atlantic Coast.
USC
Unless sooner commenced.
USCG
United States Coast Guard.
USEC (USEA)
United States East Coast.
USG
United States Gulf of Mexico.
USNH
United States North of (Cape) Hatteras (northern range).
USNP
United States North Pacific.
USSH
United States South of (Cape) Hatteras.
USWC (USWE)
United States West Coast.
UU
Unless Used
UUIWCTAUTC
Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count
V/C
Voyage charter
VGO
Vacuum gas oil.
VLOO
Very large ore/oiler (carrier).
VOC
Vessel operating carrier.
VPD
Vessel Pays Dues
VTMS
Vessel traffic management system.
VTS
Vessel traffic system
W
Winter loadline mark; Worldscale.
W/M
Weight and/or measurement.
WAG
West Asia gulf
WB
Water ballast, waybill.
WCA
West Coast Africa.
WCCOM (WICCON)
Whether (in) customs cleared (clearance) or not.
WCCON
Whether Customs Cleared Or Not
WCNA
West Coast of North America.
WCSA
West coast of South America
WCUK
West Coast United Kingdom.
WCUS
West Coast United States.
WD
Working days.
WE/EI
West Britain/East Ireland.
WECON
Whether entered (in) Customs of not.
WEST
Western Europe.
WFA
With following alterations.
WHD
Per working (workable) hatch per day.
WHT
Wheat.
WHTC
Wordscale—hours, terms and conditions.
WIBON
Whether In Berth Or Not
WIFPON
Whether in free pratique or not.
WIPON
Whether In Port Or Not
WL
Waterline.
WLTHC
Waterline to top of hatch coaming.
WLTOHC
Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming
WNA
Winter North Atlantic loadline mark.
WOB
Washed overboard.
WOG
Without Guarantee
WP
Weather Permitting
WPD
Weather Permitting Day
WRIC
Wire Rods In Coils
WS
Worldscale
WT
Wing tanks
WTSBE
Working time saved both ends (Also, WTSBENDS).
WVNS
Within Vessel’s natural segregation
WW
Weather working.
WWAWIWL
Worldwide and always within Institute Warranty Limits
WWD
Weather Working Day
WWDSHEX
Weather working days, Sundays and holidays excepted.
WWF
Waterside Workers’ Federation
WWR
When, Where Ready
WWWW
Wibon, Wccon, Wifpon, Wipon
X
Shex, Sundays and holidays excepted.
XS
In excess of.
X-Whse
Ex-warehouse.
YAR
York Antwerp Rules
Z
UTC = GMT
ABS: American Bureau of Shipping, a ship classification society. Annual survey: The inspection of a vessel pursuant to international conventions, by a classification society surveyor, on behalf of the flag state, that takes place every year. Bareboat charter: A charter in which the customer (the charterer) pays a fixed daily rate for a fixed period of time for the full use of the vessel and becomes responsible for all crewing, management and navigation of the vessel and the related expenses. Brokerage commission: Commission payable by the ship’s owner to the broker, expressed as a percentage of the freight or hire and is part of the charterparty . Bunker: Fuel, consisting of fuel oil and diesel, burned in a vessel’s engines. Charter: The hiring of a vessel, or use of its carrying capacity, for a specified period of time. Charterer: A person, firm or company hiring a vessel for the carriage of goods or other purposes. Charterhire: The gross revenue earned by a vessel pursuant to a bareboat, time or voyage charter. Charterparty: A contract covering the transportation of cargo by sea, including the terms of the carriage, remuneration and other terms. Classification society: An independent society which certifies that a vessel has been built and maintained in accordance with the rules of such society and complies with the applicable rules and regulations of the flag state of such vessel and the international conventions of which that country is a member. Double-hull: Hull construction technique by which a ship has an inner and outer hull, separated by void space, usually several feet in width. Drydocking: The removal of a vessel from the water for inspection, maintenance and/or repair of submerged parts. DNV: Det Norske Veritas, a ship classification society. Dwt: Deadweight, a measure of oil tanker carrying capacity, usually in tons, based upon weight of cargo and other items necessary to submerge the vessel to its maximum permitted draft. Flag state: The country where a vessel is registered. Hire rate: The agreed sum or rate to be paid by the charterer for the use of the vessel. Hull: Shell or body of a ship. H&M: Hull and machinery insurance. Ice Class 1A: A vessel meeting the requirements for transit through ice with a thickness of 0.8 meters or less. IMO: International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency that issues international trade standards for shipping. Intermediate survey: The inspection of a vessel by a classification society surveyor that takes place every two and a half years after the special survey. ISM Code: International Safety Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, which, among other things, requires vessel owners to obtain a safety management certification for each vessel they manage. ISPS: International Security Code for Ports and Ships, which enacts measures to detect and prevent security threats to ships and ports. MARPOL The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships. Medium-range (MR): A tanker with a carrying capacity of 30,000-55,000 dwt which is used primarily for carrying a wide variety of refined oil products. Newbuilding: A new vessel under construction or on order. Off-hire: The time during which a vessel is not available for service.
Operating costs: The costs of the vessels including crewing costs, insurance, repairs and maintenance, stores, spares, lubricants and miscellaneous expenses (but excluding capital costs and voyage costs). Operating days: The days a vessel is in operation for a period, measured by subtracting idle days from available days. P&I: Protection and indemnity. This denotes the insurance coverage taken by a ship owner or charterer against third party liabilities such as oil pollution, cargo damage, crew injury or loss of life, etc. P&I Association: A mutual insurance association providing P&I insurance coverage. Product tanker: A tanker designed to carry a wide variety of liquid products, including clean products (such as refined petroleum products and edible oils) and crude oil. Product/chemical tankers also carry acids and other chemicals. The separated cargo tanks in both types of tankers are coated to prevent product contamination and hull corrosion. Refined petroleum products: The resulting product recovered in an oil refinery at the various stages of processing crude oil, such as fuel oil, diesel and gasoil, kerosene and gasoline. Sister ships: One or more vessels with the same specifications, typically built at the same shipyard. SOLAS: International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, which provides, among other things, rules for the construction and equipment of commercial vessels. Special survey (S/S): The extensive inspection of a vessel by a classification society surveyor that takes place every five years. Spot market: The market for chartering a vessel for single voyages. Tanker: A vessel that transports liquid (wet) cargoes, such as refined petroleum products, crude oil, edible oils and chemicals. TCE (Time Charter Equivalent): A shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare daily earnings generated by vessels on time charters with daily earnings generated by vessels on voyage charters, because charter hire rates for vessels on voyage charters are generally not expressed in per day amounts while charter hire rates for vessels on time charters generally are expressed in such amounts. TCE is expressed as a per ship per day rate and is calculated as voyage and time charter revenues less voyage expenses during a period divided by the number of operating days during the period. Time charter: A charter in which the charterer pays for the use of a ship’s cargo capacity for a specified period of time. The owner provides the ship with crew, stores and provisions, ready in all aspects to load cargo and proceed on a voyage as directed by the charterer. The charterer usually pays for bunkering and all voyage-related expenses, including canal tolls and port charges. Voyage Expenses: Expenses directly attributable to the vessel voyage, which primarily consist of commissions, port and canal dues and bunker expenses. Worldscale: Worldwide Tanker Nominal Freight Scale. Worldscale Association, a shipping industry group, publishes a lengthy schedule of rates for popular tanker voyages. The printed figures, called Worldscale 100′s, reflect the application of tanker operating cost assumptions to various ports and the distance/steaming time for each route. These “flat rates” appear in US dollars per ton of cargo. Ship owners and spot charterers usually negotiate the hire price of a tanker as a percentage of Worldscale 100 for the voyage involved. OTHERS MORE: Aframax Tanker: A tanker of 75,000 to 115,000 dwt. Ballast: A substance, usually water, used to improve the stability and control the draft of a ship. A vessel is said to be “in ballast” when it is steaming without cargo and carrying water as Ballast which is discharged before loading at the next loading port. Bareboat Charter : Contract or hire of a ship under which the shipowner is usually paid a fixed amount of charterhire for a certain period of time during which the charterer is responsible for the operating costs and voyage costs of the ship as well as arranging for crewing (see Time Charter and Voyage Charter). Bulk : Unpackaged solid cargo such as coal, ore and grain Bunkers : Heavy fuel oil used to power a ship’s engines.Charter : The hire of a ship for a specified period of time or to carry a cargo for a fixed fee from a loading port to a discharging port. The contract for a charter is called a charterparty.Charterer : The individual or company hiring a ship. Charterhire . A sum of money paid to the shipowner by a charterer under a time charterparty for the use of a vessel. Classification Society : An independent society which certifies that a vessel has been built and maintained in accordance with the rules of such society and complies with the applicable rules and regulations of the country of such vessel and the international conventions of
which that country is a member. COA : Contract of Affreightment – quantity contract. An agreement between shipowner and shipper concerning the freight of a defined amount of cargo. The shipowner chooses the ship. Crude (oil) : Unrefined oil directly from the reservoir. Daily operating costs : The costs of a vessel’s technical operation, crewing and insurance (ex.costs of financing). Double Hull : Hull construction design in which a vessel has an inner and outer side and bottom separated by void space, usually several feet in width. Draft : Vertical distance between the waterline and the vessel’s keel. Drydocking : The removal of a vessel from the water for inspection and/or repair of submerged parts. Dwt : Deadweight tonne: the maximum weight of cargo and supplies that can be carried by a ship, expressed in long tons (2,240 lbs). Freight : The price paid to a shipowner for the transportation of a cargo from one specific port to another. Freight often applies to voyage charters. Freight rate : The agreed freight charge calculated by metric tons of cargo or deadweight ton pr month (See Worldscale). Gross Ton : Unit of 100 cubic feet or 2.831 cubic meters used in arriving at the calculation of gross tonnage. IMO : International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency that issues international standards for shipping. Knot : A measure of the speed of the vessel. 1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour, = 1,85 km/h = 1,15 miles per hour Lay-up : Mooring a ship at a protected anchorage, shutting down substantially all of its operating systems and taking measures to protect against corrosion and other deterioration. Net revenue/Time charter (t/c) equivalent : Gross freight income less voyage costs (bunker costs, port duties etc.).Newbuilding : A newly constructed vessel. Oil-Tanker : Ship carrying crude oil or refined products. An oil tanker especially built for the transportation of refined oil products, often with inside painted/coated tanks, is called a Product Tanker. OPA : The United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Operating Costs : The cost incurred by the shipowner during a voyage or time charter, and by the charterer in a bareboat charter, and comprising mainly crew wages and associated costs; insurance (hull and machinery, protection and indemnity cover, etc.); the cost of lubricants and spare parts; repair and maintenance. Panamax : A vessel of approximately 50,000 to 80,000 dwt, of maximum lenght, breadth and draft capable of passing fully loaded through the Panama Canal. Petroleum Products : Refined crude oil comprising dirty products (e.g., fuel oil) and clean products (e.g., gasoline and jet fuel). Protection and Indemnity Insurance : Insurance obtained through a mutual association formed by shipowners to provide liability insurance protection from large financial loss to one member through contributions towards that loss by all members. Shipbroker : A person/company who on behalf of shipowner/shipper negotiates a deal for the transportation of cargo at an agreed price. Shipbrokers are also active when shipping companies negotiate the purchasing and selling of ships, both second-hand tonnage and newbuilding contracts. Ship Management : The technical administration of a ship, including services like technical operation, maintenance, repair, crewing and insurance. Spot Market : The market for immediate chartering of a vessel. Short term contracts, normally not longer than three months in duration. Strict Liability : Liability that is imposed without regard to fault. Suezmax : A vessel of approximately 130,000 to 160,000 dwt, of maximum lenght, breadth and draft capable of passing fully loaded through the Suez Canal. Tanker : A ship designed for the carriage of liquid cargoes in bulk with cargo space consisting of many tanks. Tankers carry a variety of products including crude oil, refined products, liquid chemicals and liquid gas. Tankers load their cargo by gravity from the shore or by shore pumps and discharge using their own pumps. Time Charter : Contract for hire of a ship. A charter under which the shipowner is paid charterhire on a per day basis for a certain period of time, the shipowner being responsible for providing the crew and paying operating costs while the charterer is responsible for paying the voyage costs. Any delays at port or during the voyages are the responsibility of the charterer, save for certain specific exceptions such as loss of time arising from vessel breakdown and routine maintenance (see Voyage Charter and Bareboat Charter). Tonne : A metric tonne of 1,000 kilograms or 2,240 pounds. Tonne-mile : Quantity transported multiplied by average voyage distance, which used as a measure of tanker demand. ULCC : Ultra large crude carrier exceeding 320,000 dwt. VLCC : Very large crude carrier of approximately 200,000 to 320,000 dwt. Voyage Charter :Contract for hire of a ship under which a shipowner is paid freight on the basis of moving cargo from a loading port to a discharge port. Normally per ton of cargo. The shipowner is responsible for paying both operating costs and voyage costs. The charterer is typically responsible for any delay at the loading or discharging ports. Voyage Costs : Bunker costs, port charges and canal dues (or tolls) incurred during the course of a voyage. Worldscale (WS) : International freight index for tankers. A method of calculation of payment for the transport of oil by ships, for a single or several consecutive
voyages. Worldscale is a table giving the amount of USD pr ton oil for a number of standard routes. The rates listed in the table – so-called flat rates termed W100 – are revised annually. GLOSARIO ( ESPAÑOL): GLOSARIO DE TERMINOS MARITIMO – PORTUARIOS A. DEL FLETE MARITIMO 1. Flete Básico: Es el costo de efectuar el transporte marítimo de un puerto a otro. En esta tarifa se consideran los términos de embarque que condicionan el costo final del flete básico y que son: 2. Términos Generales (Liner Terms): Es el flete del transporte de las mercancías del muelle al buque, estibarla, desestimarla y bajarla en el muelle de destino (hasta el gancho en puerto de destino). 3. Contratación FIO / FIOST (Free In and Out / Free In and Out Stowage Trimmed): En esta modalidad el naviero solo se hace cargo del transporte de la carga de un puerto a otro puerto y queda liberado de los gastos y la responsabilidad del embarque, estiba, desestiba y la descarga / trimado. 4. Contratación FILO (Free In Liner Out): Es el traslado de la mercadería de un puerto a otro puerto, así como de la desestiba y la descarga en el puerto de destino. Los gastos de embarque o estiba son por cuenta del embarcador. 5. Contratación LIFO (Liner In Free Out): Es decir que el transportista en sus tarifas solo contempla el embarque, la estiba y el transporte de un puerto a otro, siendo la desestiba y la descarga por cuenta del consignatario. 6. Flete ALL IN: Flete que incluye todas las operaciones de embarque / desembarque, estiba / desestiba, tracción hasta el terminal de almacenamiento u almacén. B. TERMINOS Y NOMENCLATURA EN EL MANEJO DE CONTENEDORES 1. Servicio Intermodal: Es el servicio de transporte que se efectúa entre dos puntos usando dos o más medios de transporte diferentes, de acuerdo con los requerimientos efectuados por el contratante de la carga. 2. Términos más usuales y contenido de dichos términos en el servicio a contenedores. 2.1. Servicio Puerta (Door): El porteador dentro del valor del flete contratado es responsable de transportar la carga desde la bodega definida por el embarcador hasta el puerto de embarque, y/o desde el puerto de descarga hasta la bodega definida por el consignatario. Adicionalmente el transportista es responsable de coordinar el movimiento del contenedor vacío en el puerto de origen, como así mismo el movimiento del contenedor vacío en destino. Todos los costos relacionados son por cuenta del transportista. 2.2. Inland Container Yard Service (ICY): El Inland Container Yard es un lugar donde el transportista recibe y entrega la carga, esto puede ser una rampa de ferrocarril, o un depósito de camiones dependiendo del lugar y la modalidad de transporte utilizada. 2.3. Servicio Puerto (PORT): La línea naviera es responsable de transportar la carga desde el puerto de embarque hasta el puerto de descarga. El usuario es responsable a su costo, de transportar la carga desde la bodega del usuario en origen, hasta el puerto de embarque, y/o desde el puerto de descarga hasta la bodega del usuario en destino. Adicionalmente, el usuario es también responsable a su costo del movimiento del contenedor vacío desde el depósito a la bodega en origen, y/o del movimiento desde la bodega al depósito en destino. 2.4. House (HOUSE): Esta condición establece que la línea naviera autoriza al usuario para que disponga del contenedor un tiempo determinado, y posteriormente devolverlo vacío al depósito definido por la línea naviera. 2.5. Pier (PIER): El contenedor no debe salir de los recintos portuarios y debe ser vaciado en el puerto. 2.6. Combinaciones: House / Pier, House / House, Pier / House, Pier / Pier. 2.7. Door / Door: El servicio Door es efectuado en origen y en destino. 2.8. Door / Port: El servicio Door es efectuado en origen y servicio Port en destino. 2.9. Door / Inland CY: El servicio Door es efectuado en origen el ICY en destino. 2.10. Port / Door: El servicio Port es efectuado en origen y el servicio Door en destino. 2.11. Port / Inland CY: El servicio Port es efectuado tanto en origen como en destino. 2.12. Port / Port: El servicio Puerto es efectuado tanto en origen como en destino. 2.13. Inland CY / Inland CY: El servicio ICY es efectuado tanto en origen como en destino. 2.14. Inland CY / Port: El servicio ICY es efectuado en origen y el servicio Port en destino. 2.15. Inland CY / Door: El servicio ICY es efectuado en origen, y el servicio Door en destino.
3. Condiciones de Llenado y Vaciado de Contenedores.3.1 Condición Full Container Load (FCL): Las cargas son embarcadas, estibadas y contadas en el contenedor, por cuenta y responsabilidad del usuario. 3.2 Condición Less Container Load (LCL): Las cargas son embarcadas, estibadas y contadas en el contenedor, por cuenta y responsabilidad de la línea naviera. La operación antes descrita, se efectúa en el lugar designado por la compañía naviera. 3.3 Combinaciones: De acuerdo a lo mencionado en 3.1 y 3.2 se pueden hacer las siguientes combinaciones dependiendo si la condición de llenado o vaciado fue debidamente acordada con el embarque o consignatario. – FCL / LCL – LCL / FCL – LCL / LCL C. RECARGOS EN LOS CONOCIMIENTOS DE EMBARQUE 1. En los conocimientos de embarque ALL IN que significa todo incluido, los recargos son cero (o), excluido THC y Documentación. 2. En otros conocimientos de embarque, con la finalidad de estandarizar el flete en el mercado naviero se utilizan los siguientes recargos. 2.1. Cargo por Manipuleo en Terminal / Terminal Handling Charge (THC): Corresponde al costo que aplica el terminal por el manipuleo del contenedor e incluye el movimiento gancho / terminal y viceversa (depende de la condición del flete). 2.2. Factor de Ajuste de Combustible / Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF): Recargo en base al costo del bunker en el mercado internacional. 2.3. Factor de Ajuste Monetario / Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF): Se aplica cuando el dólar sufre variaciones en relación a otras monedas internacionales. 2.4. Recargo por Carga Peligrosa / Hazardous Cargo Surcharge (HCS): Por cargas peligrosas (IMO) va acorde a su código. Cualquier otro costo que no tenga relación con la tarifa básica o los recargos descritos anteriormente y que cobre la agencia naviera al consignatario o al embarcador, se considera como costo administrativo. D. Glosario de operaciones portuarias. 1. Abarloamiento: Operación de amarrar una nave a otra que se encuentra atracada a muelle o fondeada en el área de operaciones acuática del Terminal. 2. Amarre y Desamarre: Servicio que se presta a las naves en el amarradero para recibir y asegurar las amarras, cambiarlas de un punto de amarre a otro y largarlas. 3. Apilar: Colocar en forma ordenada la carga una sobre otra en las áreas de almacenamiento. 4. Area: Superficie delimitada por un perímetro, la cual es destinada para un uso determinado de los servicios y facilidades portuarias. 5. Armador: Propietario y/o quien dirige la explotación de la nave. 6. Arqueo Bruto: Es la expresión del volumen total de una nave, determinada de acuerdo con las disposiciones internacionales y nacionales vigentes. 7. Arrumaje: Colocación transitoria de la mercancía en áreas cercanas a la nave. 8. Atraque: Operación de conducir la nave desde el fondeadero oficial del puerto y atracarla al muelle o amarradero designado. 9. Calado: Es la profundidad sumergida de una nave en el agua. 10. Cambio de Sitio: Operación de desatracar la nave de un amarradero y atracarla a otro, o cambiarla de posición en el mismo amarradero 11. Canon: Prestación pecuniaria periódica que grava el aprovechamiento o explotación de una concesión pública. 12. Canal de Entrada y Salida de Naves: Espacio marítimo natural o artificial utilizado como tránsito de las naves, para permitirles acceder a las instalaciones portuarias o retirarse de ellas. 13. Carga: Cargamento o conjunto de efectos o mercancías que para su transporte de un puerto a otro se embarcan y estiban en una nave. 14. Cargar: Es el proceso de embarcar a bordo de una nave efectos y mercancías para transportarlas de un puerto a otro. 15. Carga Consolidada: Agrupamiento de mercancías pertenecientes a uno o varios consignatarios, reunidas para ser transportadas de un puerto a otro en contenedores, siempre que las mismas se encuentren amparadas por un mismo documento de embarque. 16. Carga de Cabotaje: Carga transportada, embarcada y desembarcada entre puertos nacionales, cualquiera fuera su origen o destino. 17. Carga de Exportación: Carga nacional o nacionalizada, embarcada con destino a otros países.
18. Carga de Importación: Carga procedente de otros países, descargada y nacionalizada con destino al consumo nacional. 19. Carga de Rancho (Pacotilla): Mercancía destinada al consumo de pasajeros y miembros de la tripulación así como las necesarias para el funcionamiento y conservación de la nave. 20. Carga de Reembarque: Carga de importación manifestada para el puerto de arribo de la nave, nuevamente embarcada con destino a su puerto de origen u otro puerto. 21. Carga de Transbordo: Carga manifestada como tal, procedente de países extranjeros, para otros países o puertos nacionales, transportada por vía marítima o fluvial. 22. Carga de Tránsito: Carga manifestada como tal, procedente de países extranjeros con destino al exterior del país. 23. Carga en Contenedores: Carga manifestada como tal, movilizada en contenedores. 24. Carga Fraccionaria: Carga sólida o líquida movilizada en forma envasada, embalada o en piezas sueltas. 25. Carga Líquida a Granel: Líquidos embarcados o desembarcados a través de tuberías y/o mangas. 26. Carga Rodante: Vehículos de transporte de personas o carga, así como equipos rodantes destinados para la agricultura, minería u otras actividades, movilizados por sus propios medios. 27. Carga Sólida a Granel: Producto sólido movilizado sin envase o empaque. 28. C. & F. (Cost and Freight) – Costo y Flete: Término por el cual el vendedor asume todos los gastos de transporte de la mercancía al lugar de destino convenido, pero el riesgo de pérdida o de daños de la misma o de cualquier incremento de costos, se transfiere del vendedor al comprador en cuanto la mercancía pasa la borda de la nave, en el puerto de embarque. 29. C.I.F. (Cost, Insurance, Freight) – Costo, Seguro y Flete: Término similar al de C & F pero el vendedor debe, además, suministrar un seguro marítimo contra riesgo de pérdida o de daño de la mercancía durante su transporte. 30. Clase de Mercancía: Se refiere a la descripción de la mercancía. 31. Cliente: Persona natural o jurídica que contrata los servicios del Terminal Portuario a través de su representante, para solicitar servicios a las naves o a la carga. 32. Código IMDG: Es el código marítimo internacional de mercancías peligrosas. 33. Comiso: Sanción que consiste en la privación definitiva de la propiedad de las mercancías. 34. Concesión Portuaria: Acto administrativo por el cual el Estado otorga a personas jurídicas nacionales o extranjeras, el derecho a explotar determinada infraestructura portuaria o ejecutar obras de infraestructura portuaria para la prestación de servicios públicos. Supone la transferencia de algún tipo de infraestructura portuaria de titularidad estatal para su explotación por parte de la entidad prestadora a fin que la misma sea objeto de mejoras o ampliaciones. 35. Conocimiento de Embarque: Documento que acredita la posesión y/o propiedad de la carga. 36. Consignatario: Persona natural o jurídica a cuyo nombre viene manifestada la mercancía o que la adquiere por endoso. 37. Consolidación de Carga: Llenado de un contenedor con mercancía proveniente de uno, de dos o más embarcadores. 38. Contingencia: Situación de riesgo, derivada de actividades humanas o fenómenos naturales, que pueden ocurrir y poner en peligro la integridad de las personas, del recinto portuario y de uno o varios ecosistemas. 39. Contrato de Fletamento: Acuerdo por medio del cual el Armador entrega todo el buque o parte de él al Fletador para transportar mercaderías de un puerto a otro, o por un período de tiempo a cambio de una suma de dinero que el Fletador acepta pagar como merced conductiva. Existen dos modalidades básicas de Fletamento: Por cesión y por locación, tanto por tiempo como por viaje. 40. Contrato de Transporte: Acuerdo por medio del cual un “Porteador” o “Transportador” llámese Armador, Agente Naviero o Fletador se compromete con el dueño de la carga directamente o a través de un Embarcador (Freight Forwarder) a transportar una carga desde un puerto de origen hasta un puerto de destino por el pago de una suma denominada flete. 41. Cuadrilla: Grupo de Estibadores que en un puerto se ocupan en estibar la mercancía a bordo de las naves, así como también de su desembarque. Su número dependerá, si es una cuadrilla manual que manipula físicamente la mercancía o cuadrilla que usa equipo mecanizado de manipuleo de mercancía, de la naturaleza de la operación de carga que se realiza o las costumbres del puerto. 42. Depósito Aduanero Autorizado Público: Local destinado al almacenamiento de mercancías de diferentes depositantes. 43. Depósitos Aduaneros Autorizados: Locales destinados a almacenar mercancías solicitadas al régimen de Depósito Aduanero. 44. Desabarloamiento: Operación inversa al abarloamiento. 45. Desatraque: Operación inversa al atraque. 46. Descarga Directa: Traslado de carga que se efectúa directamente de una nave a vehículos para su inmediato retiro del recinto portuario. 47. Descarga Indirecta: Traslado de carga que se efectúa de una nave a muelle para su
almacenamiento en el Terminal 48. Descargar: Es el proceso inverso al de cargar. 49. Desconsolidación de Carga: Vaciado de un contenedor con mercancía destinada a uno, dos o más consignatarios. 50. Despacho: Cumplimiento de las formalidades aduaneras necesarias para importar y exportar las mercancías o someterlas a otros regímenes, operaciones o destinos aduaneros. 51. Destare: Deducción del peso del vehículo para determinar el peso neto de la carga. 52. Dueño de Carga: Propietario o destinatario de la carga. 53. Embarque Directo: Traslado de carga que se efectúa directamente de vehículos particulares a una nave 54. Embarque Indirecto: Traslado de carga que se efectúa de áreas de almacenamiento del Terminal a una nave. 55. Empresa de Estiba y Desestiba: Comprende a las empresas de estiba, desestiba. 56. Empresa de Transporte o Transportista: Persona natural o jurídica facultada para transportar las mercancías, dentro, hacia o desde los Terminales Portuarios. 57. Empresa Naviera: Ver definición de “Armador”. 58. Eslora: Se refiere a la eslora total de la nave tal como figura en el Certificado de Matrícula. 59. Espigón: Macizo saliente o dique que avanza en el mar o en un río para protección de un puerto. 60. Esquema Mono Operador: Sistema de operación portuaria en el que la movilización de carga en el frente de atraque es realizada por una entidad prestadora de servicios. 61. Esquema Multioperador: Sistema de operación portuaria donde las distintas entidades prestadoras de servicios pueden prestar sus servicios en un mismo frente de atraque. 62. Estiba: Es el proceso de acomodar la carga en un espacio del almacén, muelle o medio de transporte. 63. Estructura Portuaria: Obras de infraestructura y superestructura construidas en puertos para atender a las naves. 64. Facilidades: Uso, por parte de los usuarios, de los bienes del Terminal 65. Facilidades Portuarias: Instalaciones portuarias puestas a disposición de los usuarios 66. Falso Embarque: Ingreso y retiro de mercancía de las instalaciones del Terminal, sin que la operación de embarque llegue a realizarse. 67. Fondeadero Oficial: Área acuática designada por la Capitanía de Puerto para que las naves fondeen o esperen al Práctico. 68. F. O. B. (Free On Board) – Libre a Bordo: Término por el cual el vendedor coloca la mercancía a bordo de la nave en el puerto de embarque convenido en el contrato de venta. El riesgo o pérdida de daños de la mercancía se transfiere del vendedor al comprador cuando ésta pasa la borda de la nave. 69. Fondeo: Operación de conducir la nave al fondeadero oficial del puerto. 70. H. P. (Horse Power – Caballos de Fuerza): Unidad de medida de la potencia del motor de una nave, registrada en su certificado de matrícula. 71. Infraestructura de Area Portuaria: Constituida por muelles, diques, dársenas, áreas de almacenamiento en tránsito, boyas de amarre y otras vías de comunicación interna (pistas, veredas) 72. Infraestructura Portuaria: Comprende las obras civiles e instalaciones mecánicas, fijas y flotantes, construidas o ubicadas para facilitar el intercambio modal. Está constituida por: § Canales, zonas de aproximación, obras de abrigo o defensa (rompeolas, esclusas) y señalizaciones (faros, boyas) § Acceso terrestre que permite el acceso directo e inmediato a la infraestructura portuaria. § Muelles, diques, dársenas, superficie de almacenamiento en tránsito, vías de conexión interna. Incluye las boyas de amarre, tuberías subacuáticas y otros 73. Instalaciones Portuarias: Obras de infraestructura y superestructura, construidas en un puerto o fuera de él, destinadas a la atención de naves, prestación de servicios portuarios o construcción y reparación de naves. 74. Línea de más Alta Marea: Intersección del nivel del mar con la playa adyacente en el momento de la pleamar de sicigias ordinarias. 75. Manifiesto de Carga: Documento en el cual se detalla la relación de las mercancías que constituyen la carga de un medio o una unidad de transporte, y expresa los datos comerciales de las mercancías. 76. Marea: Movimiento periódico y alternativo de ascenso y descenso de las aguas del mar, producidas por las acciones atractivas del sol y de la luna. 77. 78. Mercancía: Toda carga que se transporta, que ha sido y/o va a ser transportada a bordo de una nave. 79. Mercancía Extranjera: Es la que proviene del exterior, bajo regímenes suspensivos, temporales o de perfeccionamiento. 80. Mercancía Nacional: Producto manufacturado en el país con materias primas nacionales o nacionalizadas. 81. Mercancía Peligrosa: Son las mercancías clasificadas como peligrosas para las cuales existen regulaciones con respecto a su procedimiento de aceptación, empaque, estiba, documentación y transporte ya sea para traslado local o internacional. Hay nueve (9) clasificaciones de mercancías peligrosas para el transporte marítimo internacional y las regulaciones, documentación, procedimientos de aceptación, empaque y la estiba son establecidos por la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI). 82. Mercancías: Bienes que pueden ser objeto de regímenes, operaciones y destinos aduaneros. 83. Monitoreo: Proceso de control que sirve para verificar o seguir el cumplimiento de un reglamento o norma. 84. Muelle: Infraestructura portuaria en la orilla de un río, lago o mar especialmente dispuesta para cargar y descargar las naves y para la circulación de vehículos. 85. Muelle Privado: Es aquel que se proporciona para el uso exclusivo de un usuario con el propósito de facilitar el cargue
y descargue de naves. 86. Nave: Toda construcción naval destinada a navegar, cualquiera que sea su clase incluidas sus partes integrantes y partes accesorias, tales como aparejos, repuestos, pertrechos, maquinarias, instrumentos y accesorios que sin formar parte de la estructura de la nave se emplea en su servicio tanto en la mar como en el puerto. 87. Nota de Tarja: Documento que registra el número, condición y características de la carga. 88. Operaciones Comerciales Portuarias: Operaciones de estiba, desestiba, carga, descarga, transbordo y almacenamiento de mercancías, avituallamiento y reparación de naves. Asimismo, embarque o desembarque de pasajeros o tripulantes. 89. Operaciones Portuarias: Es la entrada, salida, fondeo, atraque, desatraque, amarre, desamarre y permanencia de naves en el ámbito territorial de un puerto 90. Operador Portuario: Entidad prestadora o empresa de servicios portuarios que proporciona servicios relacionados con carga, descarga, almacenamiento, practicaje, remolcaje, estiba y desestiba, llenado y consolidación de contenedores o viceversa, manejo terrestre o porteo de la carga, dragado, clasificación y reconocimiento. 91. Operadores de Comercio Exterior: Despachadores de aduana, conductores de recintos aduaneros autorizados, dueños, consignatarios, y en general cualquier persona natural o jurídica interviniente o beneficiaria por sí o por otro, en operaciones o regímenes aduaneros previstos por ley. 92. Parihuela: Implemento que se utiliza para el arrumaje de la carga fraccionada (sacos) y con ello, facilitar las labores de estiba y desestiba a/de las naves. 93. Pleamar: Nivel máximo de la creciente del mar. 94. Porteador o Transportador: Persona natural o jurídica encargada del transporte marítimo de las mercaderías mediante el respectivo contrato de transporte. 95. Practicaje: Servicio que los prácticos prestan a las naves dirigiendo las maniobras que éstas requieran para su desplazamiento dentro o fuera del área de operaciones del Terminal. 96. Prestadores de Servicios: Personas naturales o jurídicas que cuentan con el respectivo permiso, licencia o autorización para prestar servicios portuarios. 97. Puerto: Conjunto de espacios terrestres, acuáticos y ribereños, naturales o artificiales, que reúne las condiciones físicas y de organización para desarrollar actividades y prestar servicios portuarios. 98. Puerto Comercial: Es aquel que en razón de las características de su tráfico reúnen condiciones técnicas de seguridad y de control administrativo para que en ellos se realicen actividades comerciales portuarias, entendiendo por tales, las operaciones de estiba, desestiba, carga, descarga, transbordo y almacenamiento de mercancías de cualquier tipo, en volumen o forma de presentación que justifique la utilización de medios mecánicos o instalaciones especializadas. 99. Puerto de Cabotaje: Es aquél que se utiliza para operaciones comerciales entre puertos nacionales. 100. Puerto de Interés Comercial: El de aplicación en las siguientes circunstancias: § Que se efectúen en ellos actividades comerciales marítimas internacionales. § Que su zona de influencia comercial afecte de forma relevante a más de una comunidad autónoma. § Que sirvan a industrias o establecimientos de importancia estratégica para la economía nacional. § Que el volumen anual y las características de sus actividades comerciales marítimas alcancen niveles suficientemente relevantes o respondan a necesidades esenciales de la actividad económica general del Estado. § Que por sus especiales condiciones técnicas o geográficas constituyan elementos esenciales para la seguridad del tráfico marítimo, especialmente en territorios insulares. 101. Puerto Fluvial: Lugar situado sobre la ribera de una vía fluvial navegable, adecuado y acondicionado para las actividades portuarias. 102. Puerto Marítimo: Conjunto de espacios terrestres, aguas marítimas e instalaciones que, situado en la ribera del mar, reúnan condiciones físicas, naturales o artificiales y de organización que permitan la realización de operaciones de tráfico portuario y sea utilizado para el desarrollo de estas actividades por la administración competente. 103. Rada: Paraje en el mar a corta distancia de la costa. 104. Recinto Portuario: Espacio comprendido entre los límites del Terminal. 105. Remolcaje: Servicio que prestan los remolcadores para halar, empujar, apoyar o asistir a la nave durante las operaciones portuarias. 106. Servicio de Manipuleo: Servicio de recepción, arrumaje o apilamiento de la carga en el recinto de un Terminal Portuario, así como su despacho o entrega para su retiro o embarque. 107. Servicio de Transferencia: Traslado de la carga de nave o lugares de tránsito a las áreas de almacenamiento del Terminal, o viceversa en el embarque. 108. Servicios Portuarios: Los que se prestan en los recintos portuarios para atender a las naves, el manipuleo de mercancías de éstas a tierra u otro medio de transporte y viceversa, el embarque y desembarque de pasajeros o tripulantes, el almacenamiento de la mercancía, así como la utilización de la infraestructura portuaria por los usuarios. 109. Tarifa: Retribución que se cobra por la utilización de la infraestructura portuaria o prestación de un servicio portuario público 110. Terminal: Unidad Operativa integrante de la Empresa Nacional de Puertos S.A. 111. Terminal con Facilidades Mixtas: Unidades operativas que cuentan tanto con muelles para el acoderamiento de naves, como muelles
para el atraque exclusivo de lanchones de carga. 112. Terminal con Facilidad para Atraque Directo: Unidades Operativas que cuentan con muelles para el acoderamiento de naves. 113. Terminal de Almacenamiento (T.A.): Zona primaria aduanera para proporcionar el servicio de almacenaje de mercancías. 114. Terminal Portuario: Conjunto de espacios en puerto e infraestructura y superestructura situada en ellos, habilitado para proporcionar servicios portuarios. 115. Terminal Portuario de Uso Privado: Establecido por una persona jurídica para satisfacer sus propias necesidades a las de las empresas del grupo económico al que pertenece. 116. Termino de la Descarga: Última hora en que se termina de descargar el vehículo transportador de la mercancía, para lo cual Aduanas debe dejar constancia en el documento correspondiente. 117. Tipo de Mercancía: Se refiere a la tipificación de las mercancías en: Carga General Carga Rodante Carga Sólida a Granel Carga Líquida a Granel Contenedorizada Seca Contenedorizada Refrigerada 118. Tráfico Portuario: Operaciones de entrada, salida, atraque, desatraque, estancia y reparación de naves en el puerto y las de transferencia entre éstas y tierra u otros medios de transporte, de mercancías de cualquier tipo, de pesca, avituallamiento y de pasajeros o tripulantes, así como el almacenamiento temporal de dichas mercancías en espacio portuario. 119. Usuario: Persona natural o jurídica que opera o hace uso de las instalaciones y servicios que se brindan en el Recinto Portuario. 120. Uso de Amarradero: Utilización de los amarraderos del Terminal Portuario por las naves. 121. Uso de Muelle: Utilización de la infraestructura del Recinto Portuario, para cargar o descargar mercancía o realizar otras actividades. 122. Vertimiento: Evacuación deliberada de desechos u otras materias desde naves, aeronaves, plataformas u otras construcciones en el mar. 123. Zona Franca: Parte del territorio nacional en el cual el régimen aduanero permite recibir mercancías sin el pago de tributos a la importación. 124. Zona Primaria: Parte del territorio aduanero que comprende los recintos aduaneros, espacios acuáticos o terrestres destinados o autorizados para operaciones de desembarque, embarque, movilización o depósito de las mercancías; las oficinas, locales o dependencias destinadas al servicio directo de aduanas; aeropuertos, predios o caminos habilitados y cualquier otro sitio donde se cumplen normalmente las operaciones aduaneras. 125. Zona Secundaria: Parte del territorio aduanero que le corresponde a cada aduana en la distribución que la Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas hace para efectos de la competencia, intervención y obligaciones de cada una.