Maritime abbreviations
Speciel thanks to Ole Nørgaard who has contributed with his abbreviations.
| Entry | Explanation |
|---|---|
| H | Nederlandene (gl. nationsbogstav) |
| h | hour (time), hard (hård) |
| H & B | Hands & Brains, dansk maritim rådgivningsfirma |
| H & W | Harland & Wulff, Belfast |
| h+m | Hull and machinery |
| h, hr | Hour |
| h,a or d | "Havre; Antwerp or Dunkirk" |
| h-type | Hakodate (vessel) type |
| h. | hård |
| h.h | Havre to Hamburg (inclusive). |
| H.P. | Horisontalparallakse |
| h/c | Held covered |
| h/h | Hold/hatch |
| ha | Hatch |
| HA | Hollandske Antiller (gl. nationsbogstav) |
| HAL | Holland America Line |
| HAPAG | Hamburg-Amerika Paketfahrt Aktiengesellschaft. |
| HARS | Hybrid Anti Roll System, rulledæmpningssystem af balanceklodser. |
| HAUL | Høegh-Ugland_Auto-Liner |
| hd | Half despatch, per hatch, per day |
| hd. | højde |
| hdl | Hatch delivery |
| HDWTS | Half despatch working (or weather) time saved |
| hdwtsbends | Half despatch working time saved both end |
| hf | Half |
| HF | High frequence (kortbølge) |
| hf | High frequency |
| HF | High Frequency, 3 Mhz. - 30 Mhz (bølgelængde 100 m. - 10 m.) |
| HFO | Heavy Fuel Oil |
| Hg | Hydrogyrum (kviksølv) |
| hg | Heavy grain |
| hgv | Heavy goods vehicle |
| HGV | Hygiejnisk Grænseværdi |
| HH-overfarten | Helsingør Helsingborg overfarten |
| hhd | Hogshead |
| hhdw | Handy Heavy deadweight (e.g. scrap). |
| HHDW | Handy heavy dw. (scrap) |
| HHI | Hyundai Heavy Industries |
| HHLA | Hamburg Hafen & Lager |
| HHV | Højeste højvande |
| HHVW | Hansestadt Hamburg Marketing og PR-afdeling |
| HHW | Higher High Water |
| HIP | Harwich International Port |
| hjv. | højvande |
| HK | Hong Kong |
| Hk | Hestekraft, måleenhed for effekt |
| hk | hestekraft |
| hl | Heavy Lift |
| Hl | hindringslys |
| HLA | High Level Architecture, simulatorsoftware til øvelser i PC-simulator |
| HMF | Havnens Motorfærger, København, se også CTC |
| HMM | Hyundai Merchant Marine (stort Bilskibsrederi) |
| HMS | Heavy metal scrap |
| hms | His or Hers Majesty`s ship |
| HO | Hold, Head Office |
| ho | Hold |
| ho/ha | Hold/hatch |
| hon | Honorary |
| hor | Horizontal lights |
| hp | Horse power, effekt, 1 horse power = ca. 745,7 W. |
| hPa | Hektopascal, 1 hPa = 100 Pa |
| HPH | Hutchinson Port Holding, ejer af 4 havne i UK, samt 18 havne world wide |
| HR | Hellenic Register of Shipping |
| hrds | Hampton Roads (New York) |
| HRM | Human Resource Management |
| HS | Havnevirksomhedernes Samarbejdsudvalg (landsdækkende i Danmark). Består af: Det Danske Handelskammer, Dansk Stevedoreforening, Danmarks Skibsmæglerforening, samt Foreningen af Areallejere i Danske havne. |
| HSC | High Speed Craft |
| HSC-koden | HSC-koden er IMO-regelsæt for hurtigsejlende fartøjer, se også HSC |
| hsd | Half shelter Decker |
| HSD | High Speed Data |
| HSM | Helsingør Skibsværft & Maskinbyggeri |
| hss | Heavy grain, soya beans, sorghum |
| HSS | Highspeed Service Ships (ca. 40 kn./t.) |
| ht | Height |
| HTS | Heigh Tension Steel |
| HUET | Helicopter Underwater Evacuation Training, foregår på Esbjerg brandskole (underlagt Falck`s Redningskorps fra 1998), se også under VUET |
| HV. | Højvande |
| hv. | hvid |
| hvf | Heavy fuel |
| HVS | HjemmeVærnsFlotille |
| hw | High water |
| HW | High Water |
| hwm | High water mark |
| hwont | High water on neap tides |
| hwost | High water ordinary spring tide |
| Hz | Hertz (svingning pr. sekund) |