Maritime Glossary
Source-cited definitions for shipping, engineering, navigation, and regulatory terminology. Confidence-scored and verified against primary IMO, IHO, and industry sources.
- Very Large Crude CarrierVLCC
- An oil tanker of 200,000–320,000 DWT used on long-haul crude oil routes.
- vessel-typescargooil-and-gashigh confidence
- Vessel Traffic ServiceVTS
- A shore-based monitoring and advisory service managing vessel movements in busy or hazardous ports and waterways.
- navigationsafetyregulationhigh confidence
- Voyage CharterV/C
- A charter under which the owner carries a specific cargo between agreed ports for a freight rate per cargo unit or lump sum.
- commercialcharteringhigh confidence
- Voyage Data RecorderVDR · black box · S-VDR
- A ship's equivalent of an aircraft black box, capturing navigational data, bridge audio, and radar images for accident investigation.
- safetynavigationregulationhigh confidence