Shipping Abbreviations
Shipment list – goods, for which carriage is permitted with dispatch notes ( see there), may be sent by railway companies and operators of regular services with dispatch lists to be drawn up by those railway companies and entrepreneurs.
Shipping bill – the transport of duty -free goods by water and land in the area of the first line (so -called unfree territory) must be done with shipping bills. These must be drawn up and signed by the person who sends the goods and state:
a . place and day of issue,
b . name and profession of the sender and the place of dispatch,
c. district and number from which the shipment is made,
d. name and profession of the caller of the goods and the place of destination,
e. type and quantity of the goods, the number of packages, the marks and numbers,
f. the name of the carrier and the means of transport,
g. the route, h. the time for transportation.
List of Acronyms Related to Shipping
ADSA |
Abu Dhabi Shipping Agency |
ASD |
Actual Shipping Date |
ASN |
Advanced Shipment/Shipping Notice |
ADSHIPDA |
Advise Shipping Data/Date |
AMSS |
Alternative Mailing and Shipping Systems |
ASI |
Amended Shipping Instrument |
ABS |
American Bureau of Shipping |
AIMS |
American Institute of Merchant Shipping |
ASSIGNMENT |
American Shipping Service |
ASS |
American Shipping Service |
ACSA |
Antwerp Consortium of Shipping Agents |
AFS |
Arab Federation of Shipping |
ASPPR |
Arctic Shipping Pollution Prevention Regulations |
ASD |
Army Shipping Document |
ASPSHD |
ASEPS Historical Shipping Densities |
ASWB |
Asian Shipping and Work Boat |
AFOS |
Assault Follow-On Shipping |
AMSI |
Atlantic Merchant Shipping Instructions |
ACOS |
Australian Chamber Of Shipping |
AMRS |
Automated Merchant Shipping Reporting System |
BSC |
Baltic Shipping Company |
BSI |
Basic Shipping Instructions |
BSSA |
Bow Slope Shipping Association |
BSF |
British Shipping Federation |
CSA |
Canada Shipping Act |
CSB |
Canada Shipping Board |
CSTA |
Cargo Shipping Transportation Analysts |
CSA |
Caribbean Shipping Association |
CRSP |
Central Receiving and Shipping Point |
CSA |
Chamber of Shipping of America |
COSCO |
China Ocean Shipping Company |
CSAA |
China Shipping Agency |
CSCL |
China Shipping Container Lines |
CDS |
Civil Direction of Shipping |
CITIS |
Communications and IT in Shipping (conference) |
CSA |
Consular Shipping Advisor |
CSIS |
Container Shipping Information Service |
CISCO |
Council of Intermodal Shipping Consultants |
CRS |
Croatian Register of Shipping |
CSA |
Cyprus Shipping Association |
DTS |
Danger to Shipping |
DGS |
Dangerous Goods Shipping |
DGSR |
Dangerous Goods Shipping Regulations |
DISH |
Data Interchange for Shipping |
DSA |
Defense Shipping Authority |
DSC |
Defense Shipping Council |
DSEB |
Defense Shipping Executive Board |
DISL |
Diploma in International Shipping and Logistics |
DSO |
Direct Shipping Ore |
DSMA |
Directorate of Shipping and Maritime Affairs |
DSCL |
Drewry Shipping Consultants, Ltd. |
DBS |
Durban Bulk Shipping |
EISC |
Egyptian International Shipping Company |
EST |
Electronic Shipping Tools |
ESD |
Estimated Shipping Date |
ETS |
Estimated Time of Shipping |
ESD |
Estimating Shipping Date |
ESCO |
Estonian Shipping Company |
ESS-AND-S |
Excess, Surplus Sales, And Shipping |
ECSI |
Export Cargo Shipping Instruction |
FSO |
Factory Shipping Order |
FPS |
Famous Pacific Shipping |
FESCO |
Far Eastern Shipping Company |
FGS |
Free Ground Shipping |
FOS |
Free Overnight Shipping |
FNCS |
Full Naval Control of Shipping |
GSTL |
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited |
GSTL |
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. |
GCBS |
General Council of British Shipping |
GSS |
Global Shipping Software |
GBS |
Golf Bag Shipping |
GSCC |
Greek Shipping Co-Operation Committee |
IRS |
Indian Register of Shipping |
ISL |
Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics |
ICS |
International Chamber of Shipping |
ICCAS |
International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipping |
IJOSL |
International Journal of Shipping Law |
IRS |
International Register of Shipping |
ISDR |
International Shipping Destination Room |
ISF |
International Shipping Federation |
ISR |
International Shipping Register |
ISRP |
Inventory, Shipping, Receiving and Picking |
JSE |
Japan Shipping Exchange, Inc. |
KRS |
Korean Register of Shipping |
LROS |
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping |
LRS |
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping |
LR |
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping |
MSC |
Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company |
MISE |
Maersk Iternational Shipping Education |
MSTC |
Majan Shipping & Transport Company LLC |
MISC |
Malaysia International Shipping Corporation |
MNSL |
Maldives National Shipping Limited |
MISTRESS |
Maritime Register of Shipping |
MRS |
Maritime Register of Shipping |
MSR |
Material Ship/Shipping Reporting |
MSW |
Maximum Shipping Weight |
MOFAST |
Mechanization Of Freight And Shipping Terminal |
MSC |
Mediterranean Shipping Company SA |
MESG |
Mediterranean Shipping Group |
MSCL |
Mercantile Shipping Company Limited |
MS |
Merchant Shipping |
MSA |
Merchant Shipping Act |
MS |
Military Shipping |
MSC |
Military Shipping Container |
MSL |
Military Shipping Label |
MT |
Ministry of Shipping |
MSLI |
Montenegro Shipping Lines, Inc. |
MVS |
Multi Vendor Shipping |
NPT |
National Shipping Administration Planning Team |
NSA |
National Shipping Authority |
NSAG |
NATO Shipping Advisory Group |
NSC |
NATO Shipping Centre (UK) |
NCS |
Naval Control of Shipping |
NCSO |
Naval Control of Shipping Officer |
NCSO |
Naval Control of Shipping Organization |
NCAGS |
Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping |
NZS |
New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. |
NSR |
No Shipping Required |
NEAS |
Nunavut Eastern Artic Shipping |
OSC |
Ocean Shipping Consultants Limited |
OSRA |
Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 |
OST |
Order & Shipping Time |
OFSI |
Overseas Freighters Shipping, Inc. |
PMSA |
Pacific Merchant Shipping Association |
POSA |
Pacific Ocean Shipping Agency |
PSWSA |
Packaging, Shipping, and Waste Safety Assurance |
PNSC |
Pakistan National Shipping Corporation |
PSA |
Passenger Shipping Association |
PSARA |
Passenger Shipping Association Retail Agents scheme |
PMSC |
Pere Marquette Shipping Company |
PPSO |
Personal Property Shipping Office |
PTSS |
Procurement, Travel and Shipping Section |
PSN |
Proper Shipping Name |
QSC |
Quantity per Shipping Container |
RCS |
Regional Control of Shipping |
RNCS |
Regional Naval Control of Shipping |
RSB |
Regional Shipping Board |
ROS |
Registrar of Shipping |
RRTS |
Road RORO Terminal System (shipping; Philippines) |
RS-AND-FT |
Rocket Shipping And Firing Tube |
RMRS |
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping |
SSD |
Scheduled Shipping Date |
SCSC |
Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention |
SSCC |
Serial Shipping Container Code |
SSCP |
Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project |
SOUTHAMPTON |
Shipment/Shipping Order |
SO |
Shipment/Shipping Order |
SH |
Shipping and Handling |
SAPCR |
Shipping and Port Control Regulations |
SATT |
Shipping Association of Trinidad & Tobago |
SA |
Shipping Authorization |
SCMA |
Shipping Consultancy Management |
SCC |
Shipping Container Code |
SCA |
Shipping Control Authority |
SCN |
Shipping Control Note |
SCN |
Shipping Control Number |
SCP |
Shipping Control Point |
SCC |
Shipping Coordination Center |
SCI |
Shipping Corporation of India |
SCT |
Shipping Corporation of India |
SCNZ |
Shipping Corporation of New Zealand |
SHIPDAFOL |
Shipping Data Follows |
STEWARD |
Shipping Date |
SD |
Shipping Date |
STEWARD |
Shipping Department |
SD |
Shipping Department |
SDR |
Shipping Destination Room |
S-I |
Shipping Instruction |
SI |
Shipping Instruction |
SM |
Shipping Manifest |
SN |
Shipping Noise |
SN |
Shipping Note |
SORRY |
Shipping Order Request |
SOR |
Shipping Order Request |
SPI |
Shipping Point Inspection |
SPI |
Shipping Procedural Instructions |
SRO |
Shipping Registration Office |
SRN |
Shipping Requirements Notification |
SRA |
Shipping Risk Area |
STIS |
Shipping Transport and Information Services |
SUN |
Shipping Unit Number |
SAPS |
Shippingport Atomic Power Station |
SSS |
Short Sea Shipping |
TA-SSB |
Test Assembly/Shipping Strongback |
TCSP |
Theater Consolidation and Shipping Point |
TSD |
Theater Shipping Document |
TSJ |
Times Shipping Journal |
TCSL |
Triple Crown Shipping and Logistics LLC |
USC |
Unit Shipping Container |
UASC |
United Arab Shipping Company |
USPL |
US Shipping Partners LP |
VSD |
Vendor’s Shipping Document |
VISR |
Virgin Islands Shipping Registry |
WSA |
War Shipping Administration |
WASP |
Waste Accountability, Shipping, Packaging |
WSSO |
Waste Storage and Shipping Operations |
WISCO |
West Indies Shipping Company |
WSS |
Wholesale Shipping System |