Creature Comforts

[Captain Kong]

Initials at sea were quite common,..................
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JOS, SOS, EDH, AB, DHU, QM, and that was only the sailors on deck, and FWT, Fireman Water Tender down below.
CH,OFF, Chief Officer, CH,ENG, Chief Engineer.
on the passenger ships, MAA, Master at Arms.
After Supertankers of 100,000 tons, came the VLCCs, tankers over 200,000 tons, Very Large Crude Carriers,
then ULCCs ,tankers over 400,000 tons, Ultra Large Crude Carriers.
DPS, Dynamic Positioning Ships.
ECR, Engine Control Room, CCR, Cargo Control Room. UMS, Unmanned Machinery Space. CCCTV, tv to monitor the UMS.
RADAR. WT, Wireless Telegraphy. GMDSS. a certificate to authorise to operate a ship radio station.
DTI. Department of Trade and Industry. BOT, Board of Trade. F.G. Foreign Going, HT. Home Trade.
I am sure there are many others, maybe John Saborn can come up with a few more that are used in the off shore industry.
Maybe we can make up a Dictionary so people could look up the meaning of various initials.
Cheers
Brian.

[j.sabourn]

How about AC/DC Brian. Lets see who puts what interpretation on. Cheers John Sabourn

[Jim Brady]

Brian,how about CCABW many of us complain about holding this position.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[j.sabourn]

DSV Diving Support vessel
AHSV Anchor Handling Supply Vessel
SV Supply Vessel
SBV Stand By safety Vessel
FRC Fast Rescue Craft
Toolpusher Working Boss Drill Floor
OIM Offshore Installation Manager
Apart from Fuel Water and Stores Drill pipe casing etc. carried to rigs and platforms
Oil Based Mud, Bentonite, Barytes, Cement all in powder form, pumped up to rig via air compressors.
Numerous other commodities.
There are a few ex riggers on site who would have a better knowledge than me of terms used on rigs as have been employed on same for indefinite periods. My time on same was shifting them location to location. Cheers John Sabourn

[Peter Trodden]

Offshore working with Yanks,they would'nt sack a man,they would ROMF him. you would be, Run Off Mother F###er.
ttfn Peter.

[Tony Wilding]

My memories of Engine Room abbreviations for ratings are these CLN =CLEANER, F/C = FIREMAN CLEANER, F/M =FIREMAN, FM/WT = FIREMAN WATER TENDER, GRS/CLN =GREASER CLEANER, GRS = GREASER, D/G =DONKEY GREASER, D/MAN =DONKEYMAN, F/GRS = FRIDGE GREASER, M/MAN = MOTOR MAN, WPR= WIPER BUT WAS AMERICAN, ERS= ENGINE ROOM STOREKEEPER. HAVE GOT ALL THESE DISCHARGES EXCEPT FRIDGE GREASER AND FIREMAN WATER TENDER.

[Captain Kong]

Also
NUS. National Union of Seamen. MNAOA, Merchant Navy and Airline Officers Association. NUMAST,
MMA. Master Mariners Association.
I think we do need a Dictionary making up. I guess the list is endless.
Brian.

[Gulliver]

Some of the more recent or latest…

VLCS=Very Large Container Ship
(typically 13,000-14,000 TEU capacity)

TEU = Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (i.e. a standard 20 foot container)

PCC-Pure Car Carrier

PCTC=Pure Car & Truck Carrier

IMO =International Maritime Organisation

SOLAS =Safety of Life At Sea

MARPOL= Marine Pollution

STCW-Standards on Training,Certification & Watchkeeping

ISM =International Safety Management

[Captain Kong]

Can we have a Glossary of nautical initials then readers could then refer to when in doubt. It would be good, I doubt if any other site would have one.
Just an idea, there are a lot I have never heard of and it would be useful.
Cheers
Brian

[Kenneth Kenny]

When in was in the Maltasian,Ellerman and Papayanni,my girl friend would put in the letter C.H.I.N.A.and C.A.P.S.T.A.N. At to get home to find out what she ment,glad I did.Ken.R634898.