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Abbreviations
| ABBREVIATION | MEANING |
| P&I | Protection and Indemnity Insurance |
| PASTUS | Past Us |
| PC | Period of Charter |
| PCGO | Part Cargo |
| PCT | Percent |
| PDPR | Per Day Pro Rata |
| PERDIEM | By the Day |
| PER SE | By Itself |
| PHPD | Per Hatch Per Day |
| PLIMSOLL MARK alt. PLIMSOLL LINE alt. LOAD LINE |
An internationally recognised line painted on the side of merchant ships. When a ship is loaded, the water level is not supposed to go above the line. Water can reach different parts of the line as its temperature and saltiness varies with the season and location. From where Plimsoll Shipping derived its name. |
| PORT | The left side of a ship looking forward. A harbour. |
| PRATIQUE | Licence or permission to use a port |
| PREAMBLE | Introduction to a charter party |
| PROFORMA | Estimated Account |
| PUS | Plus Us |
| PWWD | Per Weather Working Day |
