ABBREVIATION MEANING DA Disbursement Account DAF Deliver At Frontier DAPS Days all Purposes (Total days for loading & discharging) DAMFORDET Damages for Detention. Penalty if cargo is not ready when ship arrives for working (1st day of Laycan). This is not detention which is charged for ships time on delay. If the cargo is ready there is no DAMFORDET. DDU Delivered Duty unpaid. DDP Delivered Duty Paid. DECK A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof DEM Demurrage (Quay Rent). Money paid by the shipper for the occupying port space beyond a specified "Free Time" period. DEQ Delivered Ex Quay DES Delivered Ex Ship DESP Despatch. Time saved, reward for quick turnaround- in dry cargo only DET Detention (See DAMFORDET) DEV Deviation. Vessel departure from specified voyage course DFRT Deadfreight. Space booked by shipper or charterer on a vessel but not used DHDATSBE Despatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends DHDWTSBE Despatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends DISCH Discharge DK Deck DLOSP Dropping Last Outwards Sea Pilot (Norway) DO Diesel Oil DOLSP Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot (Norway) DOP Dropping Outward Pilot DOT Department of Transport DNRCAOSLONL Discountless and Non-Returnable Cargo and/or Ship Lost or Not Lost DRAUGHT (or DRAFT) Depth to which a ship is immersed in water. The depth varies according to the design of the ship and will be greater or lesser depending not only on the weight of the ship and everything on board, but also on the density of the water in which the ship is lying. DRK Derrick DUNNAGE Materials of various types, often timber or matting, placed among the cargo for separation, and hence protection from damage, for ventilation and, in the case of certain cargoes, to provide space in which the tynes of a fork lift truck may be inserted. DWAT (or DWT) Deadweight. Weight of cargo, stores and water, i.e. the difference between lightship and loaded displacement.