List of Abbreviations
ABC Ardeshir B. Cursetjee & Sons Limited ODR Other District Roads
ACC Associated Cement Companies OGL Open General License
ADB Asian Development Bank OH Overhead
ATF Aviation Turbine Fuel OIL Oil India Limited
A&N Andaman & Nicobar FDI Foreign Direct Investments
AP Andhra Pradesh FO Furnace Oil
APGENCO Andhra Pradesh Power Generaion Corporation FRM Fertilisers Raw Material
AW All Weather FYP Five Year Plan
BG Broad Guage FW Fair Weather
BHP Brake Horse Power GACL Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd
BIMMS Bangladesh India Mynmar Maldives SriLanka GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited
BPCL Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited GAPL Gujarat Adani Port Limited
BOT Build-Operate-Transfer GCPTCL Gujarat Chemical Port Terminal Co. Ltd
BOOT Build-Own-Operate-Transfer GDP Gross Domestic Product
BOOST Build-Own-Operate-Share-Transfer GoK Government of Kerala
BRPL Bongaingaon Refineries Private limited GLC Gas Linkage Committee
BTKM Billion Tonne Kilometres GMB Gujarat Maritime Board
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate GPPL Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited
CBDT Central Board of Direct Taxes GSFC Gujarat State Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.
CD Chart Datum GRT Gross Registered Tonnage
CEA Central Electricity Authority GT Gross Tonnage
CEPZ Cochin Export Processing Zone HBJ Hazira-Bijaipur-Jagdhishpur
C&F Clearing & Forwarding HC Hydrocarbons
CFS Container Freight Stations HDC Haldia Dock Complex
CIER Centre for Industrial and Economic Research HFHSD High Flash High Speed Diesel
CIL Coal India Limited HLL Hindustan Lever Limited
CIWTC Central Inland Water Transport Corporation HPCL Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
CMA Cement Manufacturer's Association HRC Hot Rolled Coils
CO Carbon monoxide HSD High Speed Diesel
CO2 Carbon dioxide HT High Tension
CMA Cement Manufacturer's Association ICD Inland Container Depots
CONCOR Container Corporation of India IFO Furnace Oil
CPCL Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited IOCL Indian Oil Corporation Limited
CPWD Central Public Works Department IMC Indian Molasses Corporation Limited
CR Cold Rolled INR Indian Rupees
CRL Cochin Refinery Limited INW Inland National Waterways
CRZ Coastal Regulation Zone IPA India Ports Authority
CS Coastal Shipping IPCL Indian Petroleum Corporation Limited
CSDF Coastal Shipping Development Fund ISPS International Ship and Port Facility Security Code
CSEZ Cochin Special Economic Zone IT Income Tax
CUD Cuddalore IWAI Inland Waterways Authority of India
Cum Cubic Meters IWT Inland Water Transport
CVD Countervailing Duty JNPT Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
DAP Di-Ammonia Phosphate JV Joint Venture
D.B Direct Berthing JVSL Jindal Vijaynager Steel Limited
DGS Directorate General of Shipping K Potash
DWT Dead Weight KDS Kolkata Dock System
EC Empowered Committee KL Kilolitre
EDC Ethylene Di Chloride KM Kilometer
EU European Union KOEL Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd
EXIM Export Import KPCL Krishnapatnam Port Co Ltd
FACT Fertiliser And Chemicals of Travancore Ltd KRIBHCO Krishak Bharti Corporation
FCI Food Corporation of India KSINC Kerala State Inland navigation Corporation
LDO Light Diesel Oil KV Kilo Volts
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas L&T Larson & Toubro
L.O.A Length Overall
List of Abbreviations
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas LAD Least Available Depth
L.S Lumpsum ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
LSHS Low Sulphur Heavy Stock OSV Offshore Supply Vessels
LT Low Tension OTC On Top Carriers
M Meters P Phosphate
MDO Marine Diesel Oil PNP PNP Maritime Services
MDR Major District Road POL Petroleum Oil and Lubricants
MIDC Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation PSU Public Sector Undertaking
MG Meter Guage RCC Reinforced Cement Concrete
MMB Maharashtra Maritime Board RM Running Meter
MMD Mercantile Marine Department Ro Ro Roll On Roll Off
MMSCFD Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day RPL Reliance Petroleum Limited
MMSCMD Million Standard Cubic Metre per Day SAIL Steel Authority of India
MMTC Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation SCCL Singareni Collieries Company Limited
M.O.P Muriate of Potash SECL South Eastern Coalfields Limited
MOR Mormugao SEZ Special Economic Zone
MoS Ministry of Shipping SH State Highway
MoST Ministry of Surface Transport SICAL South India Corporation (Agencies) Limited
MORTH Ministry of Road Transport and Highways SKO Superior Kerosene Oil
MPT Mumbai Port Trust SMB State Maritime Board
MRPL Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited SO2 Sulphurdioxide
MS Motor Spirit SOP Potassium Sulphate
MS Act Merchant Shipping Act SPM Single Point Mooring
MSDC Maritime State Development Council STCW Standards of Training,Certificate & Watchkeeping
MT Million Tonnes SqM Square Meter
MT Metric Tonne TAMP Tariff Authority for Major Ports
MTEU Million TEUs TANFAC Tamilnadu Fertilisers And Chemicals Ltd
MTKM Metric Tonne Kilometer TCCL Travancore Cochin Chemicals Ltd
MTPA Million Tonnes Per Annum TCS Tata Consultancy Services
MW Mega Watts TEU Twenty Feet Equivalent Unit
N Nitrogenous TISCO Tata Iron and Steel Company
NA Not Available TKD Tughlakabad
NCB National Council for Cement and Building Materials TKM / tkm Tonne Kilometre
NCV Near Coastal Vessels TN Tamilnadu
NEERI National Engineering Environment Research Institute TNMB Tamil Nadu Maritime Board
NH National Highway TNEB Tami Nadu Electricity Baord
NM Nautical Miles TOR Terms of Reference
NMPH Nautical Miles Per Hour TPH Tonnes per hour
NINL Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited TPS Thermal Power Station
Nos Numbers TT Sheds Transit Tea Sheds
NOX Nitrogen dioxide TVM Thiruvananthapuram
NRL Numaligarh Refinery Limited US United States
NRT Net Registered Tonnage USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd VSP Visakhapatnam
NW National Waterway WB World Bank
O-D Origin - Destination WB West Bengal
ODC Over Dimension Cargo WTO World Trade Organisation
