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Sister ships
Ships of the same class and specifications typically built at the same shipyard.
SWIFT
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Transactions
Substantial Suppliers
If a country supplies approximately 10 percent of the trade in a given item imported to a second country, the first country is said to have a substantial supplier status.
Subsidy
There are two general types of subsidies: export and domestic. An export subsidy is a benefit conferred on a firm by the government that is contingent or exports. A domestic subsidy is a benefit not linked to exports, conferred by the government upon a specific industry or enterprise or group of industries or enterprises.
Strd.
Standard
Str.
Steamer
stow
Position in a ship where goods are placed for their
stk
Stock
stg
Sterling
stevedore
Person whose functions are to load, stow and unload ships.
Stev. Liab.
Stevedores' liability
Std.
Standard (timber trade)
Sld.
Sailed
Sk.
Sack
SIC
Standard Industrial Classification
Short Supply
Commodities in short supply may be subject to export controls to protect the domestic economy from the excessive drain of scarce materials and to reduce the serious inflationary impact of satisfying foreign demand. Items that the U.S. controls for short supply purposes include petroleum and petroleum products, unprocessed western red cedar, and shipment of horses by sea. The controls are included in the Export Administration Regulations.
Shipping Weight
Shipping weight represents the gross weight in kilograms of shipments, including the weight of moisture content, wrappings, crates, boxes, and containers (other than cargo vans and similar substantial outer containers).
Shipper's Export Declaration
A form required by the Treasury Department and completed by a shipper showing the value, weight, consignee, destination, etc., of export shipments as well as Harmonized Schedule B (see above) identification number.
Shipment
A shipment is all of the cargo carried under the terms of a single bill of lading.
Ship's Manifest
A list, signed by the captain of a ship, of the individual shipments constituting the ship's cargo.
SHIELD
SHIELD is an interagency export control committee that reviews licenses involving chemical or biological weapons.
SED
Shipper's Export Declaration
sd.
Sailed
Schedule B
Refers to 'Schedule B, Statistical Classification of
Saudi Arabian Standards Organization ?SASO?
SASO was established in April 1972 as the sole Saudi Arabian government organization to promulgate standards and measurements in the kingdom. Primarily, SASO promulgates standards for electrical equipment and some food products. Some of these standards have been adopted by the Gulf Cooperation Council.
SAS
Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
SALM
Single anchor leg mooring
Sales Representative
An agent who distributes, represents, services, or sells goods on behalf of foreign sellers.
Spot market
The market for immediate chartering of a ship, usually for single voyages.
Special survey
The inspection of a ship by a classification society surveyor that takes place every five years, as part of the recertification of the ship by a classification society.
S/N
Shipping note
S/L.Ch.
Sue and labor charges
S/L.C.
Sue and labor clause
S/L
Sue and labor
S/I
Sum insured
S/Fee
Survey Fee
s/a
Subject to approval
S/A
Subject to Acceptance (insurance)
S.W.G.
Standard wire gauge
S.W.D.
Seawater damage
S.W.
Shipper's weights
s.v.
Sailing vessel
S.S.N.
Standard shipping notice
S.S. & C.
Same sea and country or coast
S.R.L.
Ship repairers' liability
S.O.L.
Ship owner's liability
S.H.P.
Shaft horse
S.E.P.
Subject to endorsement on the policy
S.D.H.F.
Standard Dutch Hull Form
S.D.A.
Single administrative document
S.d.
Short delivery
S.D.
Sea damage
Scrapping
The sale of a ship as scrap metal.
S.C.A.
Settlement of claims abroad
s.c.
Salvage charges
s.b.s.
survey before shipment
S.B.M.
Single buoy mooring
s.a.n.r.
Subject to approval no risk
S.A.
Salvage Association
S. to S.
Station to station
S. B.
Short Bill
S. & L.
Sue & Labor (charges)
S. & H/exct.
Sundays and holidays excepted in lay days
S. & F.A.
Shipping and Forwarding Agent
S. & A.
Signing and accounting (procedure)
S&D
Special and Differential Treatment