EUROPILOTS

The Association of Licensed Deep Sea Pilots

Assisting Shipowners and Masters in North European Waters for over 50 years

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Shipping Terms and Abbreviations

 

T.E.U.
(Twenty foot equivalent units) = a measure of the container carrying capacity of a ship = the number of twenty foot containers a ship can carry. Forty foot containers are carried on ships as well as twenty foot containers.
[ The French translation of T.E.U. is E.V.P. (equivalent vingt pieds).

GROSS TONNAGE.
(Gross Registered Tonnage) ( G.R.T.) = A ship's total internal volume ( 100cu.ft.= 1 gross ton)

DEADWEIGHT TONNAGE.
(Dwt.) = The amount of cargo + fuel + water + stores that a ship can carry when fully loaded.

T.S.S.
= Traffic Separation Scheme

COLREGS
= The International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea ..... ( see Rule 10 )


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