AbbreviationsRSS

Abbreviations

ET

Excrement Tanker.

ETC

Estimated Time of CompletionEstimated time of completion of the cargo operations. Normally the agent should ask the captain how long he requires to make the ship seaworthy after the ETC. Very few agents adhere to this, order the pilot and the tugs for the ...

ETD

Estimated Time of DepartureEstimated time of departure of the vessel. Does not necessarily coincide with the time of completion for the reasons evoked here above, or because the ship has to wait for another reason: tide, daylight,...

ETR

Estimated Time of ReadinessTime at which the ship will be ready to load, for instance when the crew has to clean the holds first.

ETS

Estimated Time of Sailing

Electronic Trading Stasndard Format

European Telecommunications

ETV

Emergency Towing Vessel

EU

European Union

European Vessel2. European currency

Effective U.S. Control.

EXP

Expires

EXT

Extension

EXW

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. ...

EYE

The circular part of a shroud or stay, where it goes over a mast. Eye-bolt. A long iron bar, having an eye at one end, driven through a vessel's deck or side into a timber or beam, with the eye remaining out, to hook a tackle to. If there is a ring throug ...

Free on Board: Export term in which the price quoted by the exporter does not include the costs of ocean transportation, but does include loading on board the vessel.

F/V

Fishing Vessel

F1B

F1B Radio transmission designator.Telegraphy using frequency modulation = Narrow-Band Direct-Printing (Telex)(ALRS)

F1D

F1D Radio transmission designator.Data transmission using frequency modulation, with a single channel containing quantized or digital information without the use of a modulating subcarrier. (ALRS)

F2B

F2B Radio transmission designator.Telegraphy using using frequency modulation, with a single channel containing quantized or digital information with the use of a modulating sub-carrier, for automatic reception. (ALRS)