| ACRONYM | FULL WORDING | COMMENT |
| RE, REF | Reference/Referring to ... | |
| REDEL, REDELY | Redelivery | Used under Time Charterparty |
| REV | Reversible (laydays) | This stipulation allows the Charterers to average the time lost at one end with the time gained at the other. Separate accounts must be drawn up before averaging. |
| RGE | Range | as example : H/H range - i.e. Havre / Hamburg |
| ROB | Remaining On Board | Used about the bunker fuel in any vessel or about the unpumpable part of the cargo in a tanker |
| RORO | Roll-On Roll-Off (Vessel) | |
| RPM (REVS) | Revolutions per Minute | |
| RPT | Repeat ... | |
| RV, R/V | Round Voyage | Used in Time Charterparty - Can be made more accurate , f.i. TARV = Transatlantic round voyage |
