| FA | - | Free Alongside |
| FAA | - | Free of All Average |
| FAC | - | Fast As Can |
| | - | Forwarding Agent's Commission |
| FACCOP | - | Fast As Can, Custom Of Port |
| FAF | - | Fuel Adjustment Factor |
| FAK | - | Freight All Kinds |
| FAOP | - | Full Ahead On Passage |
| FAQ | - | Fair Average Quality |
| FAS | - | Free Alongside Ship |
| FBL | - | FIATA Bill of Lading |
| F&CC | - | Full And Complete Cargo |
| FC | - | Free of Capture |
| FCA | - | Free Carrier |
| FCL | - | Full Container Load |
| FCAR | - | Free of Claim for Accident Reported |
| FCR | - | Forwarder's Certificate of Receipt |
| FCS | - | Free of Capture and Seizure |
| FCT | - | Forwarder's Certificate of Transport |
| F&D | - | Freight & Demurrage |
| FD | - | Free Discharge |
| | - | Free Despatch |
| | - | Forced Draught |
| FD&D | - | Freight Demurrage And Defence |
| FDD | - | Freight Demurrage Deadfreight |
| FEFC | - | Far East Freight Conference |
| FEMAS | - | Federation of European Maritime Associations of Surveyors and Consultants |
| FERIT | - | Far East Regional Investigation Team |
| FEU | - | Forty-foot Equivalent Unit |
| FFA | - | Free From Alongside |
| | - | Fire Fighting Appliances |
| FFI | - | (FIATA) Forwarding Instructions |
| FGA | - | Free of General Average |
| FHEX | - | Fridays and Holidays Excluded |
| FHINC | - | Fridays and Holidays Included |
| FI | - | Free In |
| FIATA | - | International Federation of Forwarding Agents Associations |
| FIB | - | Free Into Barge |
| | - | Free Into Bunker |
| FILO | - | First In Last Out |
| | - | Free In Liner Out |
| FILTD | - | Free In Liner Terms Discharge |
| FIO | - | Free In and Out |
| FIOLS | - | Free In and Out, Lashed, Secured |
| FIOLS&D | - | Free In and Out, Lashed, Secured and Dunnaged |
| FIOS | - | Free In and Out Stowed |
| FIOST | - | Free In and Out Stowed and Trimmed |
| FIOT | - | Free In and Out Trimmed |
| FIT | - | Free In Truck |
| | - | Free In Trimmed |
| FIW | - | Free In Wagon |
| FLT | - | Fork Lift Truck |
| | - | Full Liner Terms |
| FMC | - | Federal Maritime Commission |
| FMS | - | Fathoms |
| FO | - | Fuel Oil |
| | - | Firm Offer |
| | - | For Orders |
| | - | Free Out |
| | - | Free Overside |
| FOB | - | Free On Board |
| FOB'S | - | Free On Board Charges |
| FOC | - | Free On Car |
| | - | Flag Of Convenience |
| FOD | - | Free on Damage |
| FONASBA | - | The Federation of National Associations of Shipbrokers and Agents |
| FOQ | - | Free On Quay |
| FOR | - | Free On Rail |
| FOS | - | Fuel Oil Surcharge |
| FOT | - | Free On Truck |
| | - | Fuel Oil Tank |
| FOW | - | Free On Wharf |
| | - | Free On Wagon |
| | - | First Open Water |
| FPA | - | Free Of Particular Average |
| FPDSO | - | Floating Production, Drilling, Storage and Offloading |
| FPSO | - | Floating Production, Storage and Offloading |
| FPT | - | Fore Peak Tank |
| FROF | - | Fire Risk On Freight |
| FRP | - | Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic |
| FRT | - | Freight |
| FSO | - | Floating Storage & Offloading |
| FSU | - | Floating Storage Unit |
| FTW | - | Free Trade Wharf |
| FW | - | Fresh Water |
| FWA | - | Fresh Water Allowance |
| FWAD | - | Fresh Water Arrival Draught |
| FWDD | - | Fresh Water Departure Draught |
| FWE | - | Finished With Engine |
| FYG | - | For Your Guidance |
| FYI | - | For Your Information |
| FYT | - | Follow Your Telex |
