- Most used during different jobroles (And partly Dutch / partly English)
- A.F.F.F. Aqueous Film Forming Foam
- ABM AdemhalingsBeschermingsMiddelen
- ABS American Bureau of Shipping Society (Classification)
- ADN Regulations concerning the Carriage of Dangerous Goods on the Rhine
- ADN European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways
- ADN (FR) Project d’Accord europeen relatif au transport international des marchandises Dangereuses par voie Navigable
- ADN (NL) Europees ontwerp verdrag betreffende het internationale vervoer van gevaarlijke goederen over de binnenwateren
- ADN-D Regulations concerning the Carriage of Dangerous Goods on the Danube
- ADR (European) rules for road transport.
- ADR (FR) Accord relatif au transport international des marchandises Dangereuses par Route.
- ADR (NL) Overeenkomst betreffende het internationale vervoer van gevaarlijke goederen langs de weg
- AED Automatische Externe Defibrillator
- AEGPL European Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association.
- AFS International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships
- AIS Automatic identification system (transponder)
- AIT Auto Ignition Temperature
- ALARA(-principe) As Low As Reasonably Achievable
- ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable
- Am Americium241
- AMvB Algemene Maatregel van Bestuur
- Anw Alg. nabestaanden wet
- ARI&E Aanvullende RI&E
- As Arsenic
- BBT Beste Beschikbare Techniek (Technologie)
- BC Code Code of Safe Praktice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMO/History/Replaced by IMSBC Code)
- Be Beryllium
- BFR Brominated Flame Retardants
- BHV (besluit) Bedrijfshulpverlening
- BICS Electronic Reporting System (in Dutch: Binnenvaart informatie en communicatie systeem)
- BIG (databank) Brandweer Informatiecentrum Gevaarlijke stoffen
- BIG(-register) (register van) Beroepsbeoefenaren in de Individuele Gezondheidszorg
- Bimco Baltic and International Maritime Council
- BL Bill of Lading
- BLG IMO Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases
- BLU-Code Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers
- BMP BedrijfsMilieuPlan
- BOEM Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- BRZO Besluit Risico’s Zware Ongevallen
- BS British Standard
- BsK Besluit stralenbescherming Kernenergiewet
- BSM Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
- BTX (VOC) Benzeen,Tolueen,Xyleen
- BV Bureau Veritas (Classification)
- Bvgs Besluit vervoer gevaarlijke stoffen
- C.A.A. Competent Authority Approval
- c.c. closed.cup
- CBRB Centraal Bureau voor de Rijn- en Binnenvaart
- CCC Sub-committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers
- CCNR Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
- CCR Centrale Commissie Rijnvaart
- CCS Chinese Classification Society
- Cd Cadmium
- CDG Sub-Commissie on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods (IMO/History)
- CDI Chemical Distribution Institute (CDI.org)
- CEFIC Conseil Européen de Federations de l’Industrie Chimique (European Chemical Industry Council)
- CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation
- CFK’s Chloorfluorkoolwaterstoffen
- CFR-49 Code of Federal Regulations 49 (Transportation)
- CHEMTREC Chemical Transportation Emergency Center
- CI Chlorine Institute
- Ci Chlorine
- CICA Convention on International Civil Aviation
- CIM Overeenkomst van internationaal spoorwegvervoer van goederen
- ClassNK Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
- CMA CGM Compagnie Maritime d’Affretement and Compagnie Generale Maritime
- CNOOC China National Offshore Oil Corporation
- CONAIR Blown Air reefers
- COP27 Climate Change Conference 27 (2022)
- COP7 Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention
- COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (-regulations)
- COT Crude Oil Tank
- CP Chlorinated paraffins
- CPC Container Packing Certificate
- CRS Croatian Register of Shipping
- CSC International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972
- CSR policy Corporate Social Responsibility
- CSS-Code Cargo Stowage & securing
- CTGG Commissie Transport Gevaarlijke Goederen
- C-TPAT US Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)
- CTU Cargo Transport Unit
- DC Danube Commission
- DCMR Dienst Centraal Milieubeheer Rijnmond
- DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
- DE Ship Design and Equipment committee
- DEA Drug Enforcement Administration. (U.S.A.)
- DFT Department for Transport
- DG Dangerous Goods
- DGAC Dangerous Goods Advisory Council
- DGD Dangerous Goods Declaration
- DGP Dangerous Goods Panel
- DGSA Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser
- DGSM Directorate Scheepvaart en Maritime Zaken.
- DIN Deutsches Institut fuer Normung e.V. / Deutsche Industrie Norm
- DNV Det Norske Veritas (Classification)
- DNV-GL Det Norske Veritas – Germanische Lloyd (now DNV only)
- DOT Department of Transportation
- DRI Direct Reduced Iron
- DSC IMO sub-committee on Dangerous goods, Solid Cargoes and containers (Now CCC)
- DSME Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (S. Korea)
- E&T Editorial & Technical Committee (IMO)
- EBIS European Barge Inspection Scheme
- ECOSOC The Economic and Social Council
- ECTA European Chemical Transport Association
- ECW European Waste Catalog
- EDI Electronic Data Interchange
- EFMA European Fertilizer Manufacturers Association.
- EFTA European Free Trade Association
- EG Europese Gemeenschappen
- EHS Evaluation of the Hazards of Harmful Substances Carried by Ships
- EI Exposure Index
- EMS Emergency Medical Service
- EN Europese Norm
- EPA Environmental Protection Agency (US)
- EQ Excepted Quantity
- ER Engine room
- ERIC Emergency Response Intervention Cards
- ETA Estimated time of arrival
- ETD Estimated time of departure
- EU Europese Unie / European Union
- Eural Europese Afvalstoffen Lijst
- EVO Algemene Verladers- en Eigen Vervoer Organisatie
- EVOA Europese Verordening Overbrenging Afvalstoffen
- FAL Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965, as amended (FAL (amended) 1965)
- FAL Facilitation Committee
- FDA Food and Drug Association
- FEU Forty feet Equivalent Unit (= 2 TEU)
- FIBC Flexible IBC. (Big Bags).
- FIBC Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container
- FOT Fuel Oil Tank
- FP Fire Protection (IMO)
- FPSO Floating Production Storage and Offloading installation
- FSRUs Floating Storage and re-gasification units
- FSS Fire Safety Systems (IMO)
- FWT Fresh Water Tank
- GA General Arrangement
- GBV Gezond Boeren Verstand
- GESAMP Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
- GGVE/GGVS Gefahrgutverordnung Eisenbahn bzw. Strasse
- GHS Globally Harmonised system on classification, and labelling of chemicals
- GISIS Global Integrated Shipping Information System (IMO)
- GL Germanisher Lloyd (Classification) Now part of DNV
- HAZOP Hazard and Operability (Study)
- HCB Hexachlorobenzene
- HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
- HCFK’s Chloorfluorkoolwaterstoffen
- HCI Hydrochloric acid
- HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Arresting (filter)
- HFC Hydrofluorocarbons
- HFK’s Fluorkoolwaterstoffen
- Hg Mercury
- HGS Handboek Gevaarlijke Stoffen voor het vervoer van gevaarlijke stoffen in verpakte vorm per zeeschip
- HGS Handboek Gevaarlijke Stoffen
- HKC Hong Kong Ship Recycling Convention 2009 (IMO)
- HKW’s Halogeenkoolwaterstoffen
- HL Hapag-Lloyd
- HMM Hyuandai Merchant Marine
- HNS Hazardous and Noxious Substances
- HNS Convention International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS), 1996
- HRM Human Resource Management
- HS Code Harmonized Commodity description and coding system of WCO
- HSC-Code High Speed Craft
- HSE Health, Safety and Environment
- HSE Health and Safety Executive
- IACS International Association Of Classification Societies
- IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
- IAPH International Association of Ports and Harbors
- IATA International Air Transport Association
- IBC Intermediate Bulk Container.
- IBC CODE International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk
- IBTA International Bulk Terminals Association
- ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization’s
- ICAO-TI Int. Civil Aviation Organisation – Technical Instructions
- ICHCA International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association
- ICS International Chamber of Shipping
- IEA International Energy Agency
- IFSMA International Federation of Ship Masters Associations
- IGC International Code for the Safe Carriage of Grain in Bulk
- IGC Code for existing Ships Carrying liquefied Gases in Bulk (IMO)
- IGC-Code International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying liquefied Gases in Bulk and the International
- IHM Inventory of Hazardous Materials
- IHMA International Harbour Master’s Association
- IICL Institute of International Container Lessors
- ILO International Labour Organization
- ILT Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport
- IMCO Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (upto +/- 1990)
- IMDG Code International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
- IMO International Maritime Organisation
- IMSBC Code International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code
- INF Code Irrediated Nuclear Fuel
- Intercargo International Association Of Dry Cargo Shipowners
- Intertanko International Association Of Independant Tanker Owners
- IRS India Classification Society
- IRU International Road Transport Union
- ISM-Code International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention
- ISPS International Ship and Port Facility Security Code
- ISU International Salvage Union
- ITF International Transport Workers’ Federation
- IUMI International Union of Marine Insurance
- IVODGA International Vessel Operators Dangerous Goods Association (New name for VOHMA)
- KEW Kernenergiewet
- KGA (code) Klein Gevaarlijk Afval
- KHI Kawasaki Heavy Industry
- kPa KiloPascal
- KPT Kookpunt
- KR South Korea Classification
- KWS Koolwaterstoffen
- LAN Local area network
- LD (50) Lethale Dosis (50)
- LD50 Concentratie in lucht van een stof waarbij 50% van de proefdieren inademing gedurende 4 uren niet overleeft
- LEL Lower Explosion Level
- LIOGS Landelijk Informatiepunt Ongevallen Gevaarlijke Stoffen
- LMA Landelijk Meldpunt Afvalstoffen
- LNG Liquified Natural Gas
- LNG FSRUs LNG Floating Storage and re-gasification units
- LOA Length OverAll
- LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas
- LQ Limited Quantity
- LR Lloyds Register (Classification)
- LWCA Landelijke Werkgroep Chemisch afval
- LWGA Landelijke Werkgroep Gevaarlijke Afvalstoffen
- MAC Maximaal aanvaarde concentratie van een stof
- MAC-C MAC-Ceiling
- MAC-H MAC-huid
- MAC-TGG x MAC-tijdgewogen gemiddelde x min ( ‘MAC’ = TGG 8uur)
- MAK Maximale Arbeitsplatzkonzentration
- MARPOL International Convention of Pollution from Ships
- MARPOL 73/78 Maritime Pollution Convention 73/78
- MARPOL Annex 1 Regulations for the prevention of pollution by oil
- MARPOL Annex 2 Noxious liquid substances carried in bulk
- MARPOL Annex 3 Regulations for the prevention of pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form
- MARPOL Annex 4 Prevention of pollution by sewage from ships
- MARPOL Annex 5 Prevention of pollution by garbage from ships
- MARPOL Annex 6 Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships
- MCFC Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
- MD Materials Declaration (IHM Newbuild)
- MEPC Marine Environment Protection Committee
- MER Milieu-effect rapport(age)
- MFAG Medical First Aid Guide
- MIR Milieu-invloed rapport(age)
- MKB MIDDEN EN KLEINBEDRIJF.
- MMDGD Multi Modal Dangerous Goods Declaration
- MMMF Man Made Mineral Fibres
- MOL Mitsui OSK Line
- MoU Memorandum of Understanding
- MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MSC Maritime Safety Committee
- MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
- MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
- MTMC Military Traffic Management Command
- n.e.g. niet elders genoemd
- N.O.S. Not Otherwise Specified
- NER Nederlandse Emissie Richtlijn
- NFPA National Fire Protection Association
- NGO Niet-gouvernementele Organisatie
- NGO Non Governmental Organisation
- Ni Nickel
- NIBRA Ned. Inst. voor Branweer en Rampenbestrijding
- NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- NORM Naturally Occuring Radioactive Material
- NVVK Ned. Ver. Voor Veiligheidskunde
- NYK Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line
- o.c. open cup
- OCIMF Oil Companies International Marine Forum
- OCTI Organisatie voor het internationale spoorwegvervoer
- OCTI Central Office for Intern. Carriage by Rail.
- ODS Ozone-depleting substances
- OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
- OFS Official ship number
- OHSAS (18001) Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series18001
- ONE Ocean Network Express
- OOCL Orient Overseas Container Line
- OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- P Marine Pollutant
- P&I Protection and Indemnity Insurance (PandI)
- P.S.N. Proper Shipping Name
- Pb Lead
- PBB Polybrominated biphenyl
- PBDE Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
- PBM Persoonlijk(e) Beschermings Middel(en)
- PCB Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls
- PCHM Potentially containing Hazardous Material
- PFC Perfluorocarbons
- PGS Publikatie Gevaarlijke Stoffen
- PGS 15 Opslag van Gevaarlijke Stoffen
- POHS Periodic Occupational Health Survey
- PONL P&ONedlloyd (Now part of Maersk Line)
- POP Persistent Organic Pollutants
- POPRC Persistence Organic Pollutant Review Committee
- PP Severe Marine Pollutant (Now obsolete)
- PPE Personal Protective Equipment
- PTB-stoffen Persistente, Toxische en Bioaccumulerende stoffen
- PVC Polyvinyl chloride
- QRA Quantitative Risk Assessment
- RAGA Regeling Aanwijzing Gevaarlijke Afvalstoffen
- RCF Refractory Ceramic Fibres
- REL Recommended Exposure Limit
- RGS Route Gevaarlijke Stoffen
- RIB Rapportage Informatie-eisen BRZO
- RID Reglement betreffende het internationale spoorwegvervoer van gevaarlijke goederen
- RID Règlement concernant le transport International ferroviaire des marchandises Dangereuses
- RIE (RI&E) Risico Inventarisatie en Evaluatie
- RINA Registro Italiano Navale (Italian Naval Register) Classification
- RIT Rampen Identificatie Team
- RIVM/CSR Centrum voor Stoffen en Risicobeoordeling v/h RIVM
- ROGS Regionaal Officier Gevaarlijke Stoffen
- ROR Reglement betreffende het onderzoek van schepen op de Rijn
- RPD Respiratory Protective Device
- RPR Rijnvaartpolitiereglement
- RS Russian Maritime Register of Shipping
- RSI Repetitive Strain Injury
- RTECS Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
- RVGL Regeling vervoer gevaarlijke stoffen door de lucht (Uitvoeringsbesluit RTL)
- RVI Rijksverkeersinspectie
- R-zin zin die de aard van het gevaar nader aangeeft
- SADT Self Accelerating Decomposition Temperature
- SCCP Shortchain chlorinated paraffins
- SCETDG Sub Committee of Experts on the Transport of DG
- SDoC Suppliers Declaration of Conformity b(IHM Newbuild)
- SDS Safety Data Sheet (Previously MSDS)
- SDU Staatsdrukkerij- en uitgeverijbedrijf
- SI (Dutch) Shipping Inspection
- SIGNI Signs and Signals on Inland Waterways
- Sigtto Society Of International Gas Tanker And Terminal Operators Ltd.
- SOLAS International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
- SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea (1974).
- SOLAS-2002 2002 Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
- SQAS Safety And Quality Assessment System ( div. soorten transport)
- SRF Ship Recycling Facility
- SRFP Ship Recycling Facility Plan
- STCW International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978
- STEL Short Term Exposure Limit
- STS Ship to Ship transfer
- STW Standards of Training and Watch keeping
- SVGS (Vereniging van) Specialisten Vervoer Gevaarlijke Stoffen
- SZW Soc. Zaken en Werkgelegenheid
- TBT Tribultyltin
- TC Technical Cooperation Committee
- TDI Tolerabele Dagelijkse Inname
- TEU Twenty feet Equivalent Unit
- TFCA Transport Formulier Chemisch Afval
- TGG Tijdgewogen Gemiddelde
- TI Traffic information
- Timber-code Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes
- TLV Threshold Limit Value
- TPT Triphenyltin
- TR Technical Report
- TRANS/WP15 Transport of Dangerous Goods
- TREM (card) Transport Emergency card
- TWA Time Weighted Average
- UEL Upper Explosion Level
- UIC Intern. Union of Railways.
- UIC Int. Unie van Spoorwegen (Union Int. des Chemin de Fer ?)
- UKAS United Kingdom Acceritation Service
- UN United Nations
- UN/CEFACT UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
- UN/EDIFACT UN Electronic data interchange for administration, commerce and transport
- UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme
- UNSCOE UN Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
- USCG US Coast Guard
- USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
- UV Ultra Violet
- VBB Veiligheidsbesluit Binnenvaart (1963)
- VBG Reglement/Regeling Vervoer over de binnenwateren van gevaarlijke stoffen
- VBT Veiligheidsbesluit Tankschepen
- VER Veiligheids Effect Rapportage
- VHCP Vereniging van Handelaren in Chemische Producten
- VHF Very high frequency
- VIB VeiligheidsInformatieBlad
- VIC Vervoers Informatie Centrum
- VIC Vergiftigings Informatie Centrum / Adviescentrum Toxicologie RIVM
- VLG Reglement/Regeling Vervoer over Land van Gevaarlijke Stoffen
- VLGC Very Large Gas Carrier
- VNCI Vereniging van de Nederlandse Chemische Industrie
- VNG Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten
- VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
- VOHMA Vessel Operators Hazardous Materials Association, inc (Now IVODGA)
- VOS Vluchtige Organische Stoffen
- VR Verwaarloosbaar risico
- VROM Volksgezondheid Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieuhygiene
- VSG Reglement/Regeling Vervoer over de spoorweg van gevaarlijke stoffen
- VSR Vereniging Schoonmaak Research
- VTC Vessel traffic centre
- VTH Vergunning, Toezicht, Handhaving
- VTMIS Vessel traffic management and information services (maritime navigation)
- VTS Vessel traffic services
- WAZ Wet arbeid zelfstandigen
- WB Wet Bodembescherming
- WBDBO Weerstand tegen Branddoorslag en Brandoverslag
- WBT Water Ballast Tank
- WCA Wet Chemische Afvalstoffen
- WCO World Customs Organization
- WD Working Document
- WED Wet economische delicten
- WEEE Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment
- WGA Wet Gevaarlijke Afvalstoffen
- WGD Werkgroep van Deskundigen (MAC-waarden)
- Wgs Wet Gevaarlijke Stoffen
- WHMIS Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
- WHO World Health Organization
- WM Wet Milieubeheer
- WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction
- WMS Wet Milieugevaarlijke Stoffen
- WNTI World Nuclear Transport Institute
- WP Working Paper
- WPF Workplace Protection Factor
- WTIV Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
- WVC Welzijn Volksgezondheid en Cultuur (Min.van)
- WVGS Wet Vervoer Gevaarlijke Stoffen
- Wvgs Wet Vervoer gevaarlijke stoffen
- WvK Wetboek van Koophandel
- ZZP Zelfstandige Zonder Personeel