General Average
Glossary
G.A./GA
G1D
G1D Radio transmission designatorPhase modulation with a single channel containing quantized or digital information without the use of a modulating sub-carrier for data transmission. (ALRS)
G2B
G2B Radio transmission designatorPhase modulation (automatic reception). A single channel containing quantized or digital information with the use of a modulating sub-carrier. (ALRS)
G7
Group of Seven Nations (United States, Canada, Japan, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy)
GA
General Average
GAA
General Agency Agreement
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Gain Sharing
Gantry Crane
Gap analysis
Garment-on-Hanger
Gateway
Gathering Lines
GATS
General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT
GATT
General Agreement On Tariffs and Trade 1994 (now WTO)
GB/L
GBL
GBR
United Kingdom (Flag)
GCBS
General Council of British Shipping
GCS
Greater Coasting Service.
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GDP
Gross Domestic Product: The total value of goods and services produced by a nation over a given period, usually 1 year.
GEARED SHIP
Ship equipped with her own cranes.
GEN
General Cargo
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
General Average
General commodities carrier
General Commodity
General Order (GO)
General-Commodities Carrier
General-Merchandise Warehouse
GENRAL
EDIFACT General purpose message
Genset
GESMES
EDIFACT Generic statistical message
GFP
Government-Furnished Property
GGIS
Geographic Information System
GIF
GIFA
Governing International Fisheries Agreements
GIS
Geographic Information System
GL
Germanischer Lloyd (German Class Society)
GLA
General Lighthouse Authority
Global Positioning System
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Global Strategy
Global Trade Item Number
Global Trade Management
Globalization
GLS
Gearless
GLS
Gearless
GMDSS
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System.Mainly a radio communication system which will take advantage of latest technology to enhance safety and allow the ships to sail without radio officer. Implemented since 1992, it should be fully operational by 1 February 1999. In the meantime it provoked thousands of false alarms, bulkers sank without any warning of their EPIRB
GMP
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time. Now mostly replaced by UTC or Z.
GN
Grain
GN
Grain
GNCN
General Conditions
GNCN
General Conditions
GNP
GNP
Gross National Product: GDP plus the net income accruing from foreign sources.
GNSS
Global Navigational Satellite System
GO
GO
Gas Oil
GOC
General operators' certificate with regard to GMDSS
GOH
Going-Concern Value
GOM
Gulf Of Mexico
Gondola
Good manufacturing practices
Good manufacturing practices (GMP) or 21 CFR, part
Goods
Goods Purchased For Resale
Goods Received Note
GOV
Gross Observed Volume
Government Bill of Lading
Government Bill of Lading (GB/L)
GPS
Grandfather Clause
Grandfathering
Granger Laws
Graphics Interchange Format
GRD
Geared
Great Lakes Carriers
GRI
Grid technique
Grid Technique:
GRN
Gross Inventory
Gross Margin
Gross National Product
Gross National Product (GNP)
Gross Weight
Groupthink
GRT
Gross Restricted Tonnage
GSA
General Sales Agent
GSB
Guaranteed Safe Berth
GSC
Global Supply Chain
GSP
Good Safe Port
GTDI
GTEE
Guarantee
GTIN
GTM
GTM
Guarantee
Guaranteed Loans
GUI
GWT
Gross Weight
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