Atch 3 - VISA Definitions.pdf

Attachment 3 - VISA Definitions

Alterations - Additions of equipment; changes to the configuration, location, type, or number of pieces of equipment or systems; changes in the arrangement and outfitting of Vessel’s structure

API - American Petroleum Institute

API Standard - The most recent edition of API, Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards ch.17.1

AR - interchangeable with ATRS

Assisting - Movement of a tow, which is making use of, or which has available for use, her own propulsion

Associated Equipment - Construed to include all Contractor-owned and Contractor-furnished equipment, supplies, fixtures, and tackle necessary for performance under this Charter Party

ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials

ATRS - American Tanker Rate Schedule (as revised and current as of the Charter Party Date, issued and copyright by the Association of Ship Brokers and Agents (USA), Inc.)

Bbl - Barrel (42 U.S. gallons volume measure)

CAGE - Commercial and Governmental Entity Code (reference DFARS 252.204-7001)

CEC – Contractor Establishment Code

CFE - Contractor-furnished equipment

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

Charter - Interchangeable with “Charter Party” and "Contract"

Charterer - The United States of America

Charter Party - This document when executed; interchangeable with “Contract” and “Charter”

Charter Party Date - Identified in Block 31c of SF 1449

CHOP - Charterer’s option

CLC - Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969

CLIN – Contract Line Item Number

Clean - Petroleum or its products not darker than 3.5 NPA color

COA - Contract of Affreightment; interchangeable with "Contract" and "Charter Party" and "master solicitation” as defined at FAR 15.205(b)

COGSA - Carriage of Goods by Sea Act. 46a U.S.C. Chapter 28

COMSC - U.S. Department of the Navy, Commander, Military Sealift Command

COMSCINST - COMSC Instruction

Contract – Interchangeable with "Charter Party"

Contracting Officer - Identified in Blocks 31a and 31b of SF 1449

Contractor - Interchangeable with “Owner”

CONUS – Continental United States. Consists of 48 contiguous states and Alaska.

COR - Contracting Officer's Representative - (DFARS 202.101) - means an individual designated (in accordance with subsection 201.602-2 of the DFARS) and authorized in writing by the contracting officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions.

If the Contracting Officer designates a COR, the Contractor will receive a copy of the written designation.

It will specify the extent of the COR’s authority to act on behalf of the Contracting Officer. The COR is not authorized to make any commitments or changes that will affect price, quality, quantity, delivery, or any other term or condition of contract.

COW - Crude oil wash

CPP - Clean petroleum products, not darker than 3.5 NPA color

Crew - Of the Vessel identified in the VISA Carrier Vessel Information Sheet

CS – Contractor Security

Cu ft - cubic foot [1 cubic foot equals 0.028317 cubic meter]

DD 250-1 - Tanker/Barge Material Inspection and Receiving Report

DFARS - Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (issued by the Department of

Defense)

DoD – U.S. Department of Defense

DPP - Dirty petroleum products, darker than 3.5 NPA color

DWT – Deadweight tonnage (Owner’s account for any and all costs to meet port restrictions)

ETA - Estimated time of arrival

FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulation (issued by the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

FCC - Federal Communications Commission

FEU - Forty-foot equivalent unit (container volume measure)

FHEX - Fridays, U.S. Government holidays, and holidays observed at the port (whether national or local) to be excluded from the time computation.

FHINC - Fridays, U.S. Government holidays, and holidays observed at the port (whether national or local) to be included in the time computation.

F.i.o. - Free in and out

F.i.o. ex s.s. - Free in and out except for stowage and securing

F.i.o.s.s. - Free in and out stowed and secured

FLO/FLO - Float-on, float-off loading/discharging process

FPCON – Force Protection Condition

Ft - Foot/feet [1 foot equals 0.3048 meter]

Full Cargo - That quantity not exceeding what the Vessel can reasonably stow and carry, Charterer's obligation to furnish and Owner's obligation to load a Full Cargo as above, which may be further subject to stipulated minimum and maximum values or an optional margin, in which latter case, Charterer's and Owner's obligation is set at a Full Cargo or the stated minimum, whichever is the lesser.

Full Operational Status (FOS) - Vessel manned and provisioned, all Associated Equipment operational, and

Vessel prepared in all respects to perform her mission in accordance with this Charter, whether or not so ordered

FY – Fiscal Year. 1 October to 30 September.

GFP - Government-furnished property (see FAR 52.245-1 in VIII(b)(3) below)

Government - The United States of America; interchangeable with “Charterer”

Government Designated Representative - Including, but not limited to, force protection personnel, military, government employees, and government contractors

GSV - Gross Standard Volume as defined by API Standard, that is, the total volume of all petroleum liquids and sediment and water (excluding free water), as corrected by various factors hp – horsepower [1 hp equals 0.745799 kW]

IGS - Inert gas system

IMDG – International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

IMO - International Maritime Organization

In. - Inch(es) [1 inch equals 25.4 mm/2.54 cm]

In-transit loss - The difference in the TCV at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, as measured aboard the Vessel after loading at the load port or place and before unloading at the first discharge port or place

ITOPF – International Tanker Owners’ Pollution Federation Limited kg - kilogram [1 kg equals 2.20 pounds] km – kilometers kPa - kilo Pascal [1 kPa equals 20.886 psf] kW - kilowatts [1 kW equals 1.34 horsepower (hp)]

LASH - Lighter-aboard-ship Vessel type

Laydays - The span of Commencing and Cancelling dates identified in Box 5

Laytime - The period of time agreed upon state in the contract upon VISA activation during which the Owner will make and keep the Vessel available for loading and discharging the cargo and for all other Charterer's purposes without payment additional to the freight

Lb - Pound [1 pound equals 0.453592 kg]

LO/LO - Lift-on, lift-off loading/discharging process

LT - Long ton, of 2,240 pounds weight [1 long ton equals 1.016047 metric tons] m – meter [1 meter equals 3.28 feet] m2 – square meter [1 square meter equals 10.764 square feet] m3 - cubic meter [1 cubic meter equals 0.883 measurement tons/35.314 cubic feet]

MarAd – U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration

Master - Of the Vessel identified in the VISA Carrier Vessel Information Sheet

Maximum Cargo - Unless otherwise noted, the greater tonnage identified in the task order; should a margin

(plus or minus) be identified with the cargo tonnage, Maximum Cargo shall be considered to be the greatest quantity of cargo calculable from such margin

Minimum Cargo - Unless otherwise noted, the lesser tonnage identified in the task order; should a margin

(plus or minus) be identified with the cargo tonnage, Minimum Cargo shall be considered to be the least quantity of cargo calculable from such margin mm - millimeter [1 millimeter equals 0.039 inch]

Moderate Weather - Conditions up to sustained winds of Beaufort Force 5 and sea state 4 (any day during which sustained winds of Beaufort Force 5 or above are encountered for more than six hours shall not be considered a “moderate-weather” day for purposes of fuel or speed warranties made under this Charter)

MOL – More or less

MOLCHOP – More or less at Charterer’s option

MOLOO – More or less at Owner’s option

MSC -U.S. Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command

MT – Measurement Ton (40 cubic feet volume)

NM- Nautical Miles

NMCARS – Navy Marine Corps Acquisition Regulation Supplement

NOR – Notice of readiness

Notice Time – Free time allowed prior to the commencement or resumption of laytime or, if the Vessel is on demurrage, prior to the resumption of demurrage

OBQ – Onboard quantity of material as defined by API Standard, that is, the water, oil, slops, oil residue, oil/water emulsions, sludge, and sediment remaining in Vessel tanks, void spaces, and/or pipelines prior to loading

OCIMF – Oil Companies International Marine Forum

OCONUS – Outside Continental United States

Office hours – from 0800 hours until 1700 hours local time on a Working Day

OO – Owner’s option

Owner – That entity or entities exercising commercial control of the Vessel identified in Box 7;

interchangeable with “Contractor” and “Offeror” and to include the disponent owners and all the shipowner’s and the disponent owner’s agents, employees, independent contractors, Master, Officers, and crew

P&I – Marine protection and indemnity insurance

Part Cargo - Charterer’s obligation to furnish and Owner’s obligation to load a specified quantity of cargo, which may be further subject to stipulated minimum and maximum values or an optional margin

Paying Office – Identified in Block 18a of SF 1449

Place – Any berth, dock, anchorage, submarine line, alongside any vessel or lighter or any other place whatsoever to which the Charterer is entitled to direct the Vessel hereunder

Psf – Pounds per square foot load measure [1 psf equals 0.0478803 kPa]

QAR – Quality Assurance Representative; interchangeable with “Charterer’s inspector” and “Charterer’s representative”

RFP – Request for Proposals; interchangeable with “solicitation”

R.O.B. – Material remaining onboard as defined by API Standard, that is, the water, oil, slops, oil residue, oil/water emulsions, sludge, and sediment in Vessel tanks, void spaces, and/or pipelines after discharge

RO/RO – Roll-on/Roll-off loading/discharging process

SDWT – Deadweight capacity, to assigned summer mean draft

SHEX – Sundays, U.S. Government holidays, and holidays observed at the port (whether national or local) to be excluded from the time computation with the following time so excluded:

(a) from 1700 hours local time on Saturday until 0800 hours local time on the following Monday, except in countries where Friday is the recognized weekly day of rest (where time from 1200 hours local time on

Thursday until 0800 hours local time on the following Saturday will be excluded);

(b) from 1700 hours local time on the day proceeding a holiday until 0800 hours local time on the following working day.

SSHEX – Saturdays, Sundays, U.S. Government holidays, and holidays observed at the port (whether national or local) to be excluded from the time computation, with the following time so excluded:

(a) from 1700 hours local time on Friday until 0800 hours local time on the following Monday, except in countries where Friday is the recognized weekly day of rest (where time from 1200 hours local time on

Thursday until 0800 hours local time on the following Saturday will be excluded);

(b) from 1700 hours local time on the day proceeding a holiday until 0800 hours local time on the following

SHINC – Sundays, U.S. holidays and holidays observed at the port (whether national or local) to be included in the time computation. See SSHINC.

SSHINC – Saturdays, Sundays, U.S. Government holidays, and holidays observed at the port (whether national or local) to be included in the time computation, with time counting:

(a) from 1700 hours local time on Friday until 0800 hours local time on the following Monday, except in countries where Friday is the recognized weekly day of rest (where time from 1200 hours local time on

Thursday until 0800 hours local time on the following Saturday will count);

(b) from 1700 hours local time on the day proceeding a holiday until 0800 hours local time on the following

SOLAS – Safety of Life at Sea

Speed – Derived by dividing the total hours at sea on any given sea passage (as shown in the Vessel’s log)–after excluding any hours of non-moderate weather and any sea passage covered by an off-hire calculation–into the total miles at sea on the given sea passage

SWL – Safe Working Load t – Metric Ton (1 metric ton equals 0.9842064 long ton)

Tanker Loading Reports – Charterer-issued cargo manifests, to include DD Form 250-1

TCV – Total Calculated Volume as defined by API Standard, that is, GSV plus free water

TEU – Twenty-foot equivalent unit (container volume measure)

TIN – Taxpayer Identification Number

USCG – United States Coast Guard

USD – U.S. dollars

VEF – Vessel Experience Factor as defined by API

VISA – Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement

WOG – Without guaranty

Worldscale – interchangeable with “WS”

WS – New Worldwide Tanker Nominal Freight Scale, code name New Worldscale, (as revised and current as of the Charter Party Date), jointly sponsored and issued by the Worldscale Association (London), Ltd. and

Worldscale Association (NYC), Inc.