| Q-R |
| QSMS |
Quality and the Safety Management Systems |
| R & D |
Research and Development |
| RAED |
Arab Network for Environment an Development |
| RAF |
Royal Air Force |
| RCCL |
Royal CaribbeanCruise Lines |
| RCSO |
Regional Clean Seas Organisation |
| RDC |
Rapid Deployment Cameras |
| REMPEC |
Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Center |
| RENC |
Regional Electronic Navigation Centre |
| RINA |
Registro Italiano Navale |
| RMYC |
Royal Motor Yacht Club |
| RN |
Royal Navy |
| RNA |
Regulated Navigation Area |
| RNN |
Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Ro / Ro |
Roll on - Roll off |
| RODER |
Ro-Ro Gemi İşletmecileri ve Kombine Taşımacılar Derneği |
| ROPME |
Regional Organisation for Protection of the Marine Enviro |
| RPM |
Run Per Minute |
| RSB |
Regional Shipping Boards =Deniz Ulaşım Bölgesel Kurulları |
| Rt.Hon |
The Right Honorable |
| RTCM SC |
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services Special Committee |
| RTÜK |
Radyo Televizyon Üst Kurulu |
| RYS |
Royal Yacht Squadron |
| S |
| S.A.F.E. |
South America-Far East Airlines (Norway) |
| S.O.S. |
Save Our Souls |
| S/S |
Steam ship |
| S/T |
Steam Tanker |
| SAA |
South African Airlines |
| SAGT |
South Asia Gateway Terminals |
| SAR |
Search and Rescue |
| SARSAT |
Amerikan Satelit sistemi |
| SAS |
Scandinavian Airlines Systems |
| SBT |
Segragated Ballat Tanks |
| SCA |
Suez Canal Authority |
| SCI |
Shipping Corp. of India |
| SECİ |
Güneydoğu Avrupa Ortak Girişimi |
| SEKA |
Selüloz ve Kağıt Sanayii |
| SENC |
System Electronic Navigation Chart |
| SEPI |
Spanish State Industrial Holding |
| SES |
Satellite Earth Station |
| SESAR |
Siyasi-Ekonomik-Sosyal Araştırma&Strateji Geliştirme Mz |
| SFV |
Safety of Fishing Vessels |
| SHAPE |
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
| SHIPPOS |
Danish Ship reporting System |
| SIGTTO |
Society of Int'l Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators, London |
| SIR |
Singapore Immigration and Registration |
| SIRE |
Ship Inspection Programme |
| SIS |
Star İnformation System |
| SLAR |
Side-way Looking Airborne Radar |
| SLF |
Stability, Load Lines and Fishing Vessel Safety |
| SLÖ |
Special Unit for Oil Control of German Federal Coastal States. |
| SLPA |
Sri Lanka Port Authority |
| SMB |
Special Federal Unit for Marine Control (Germany) |
| SMEs |
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises |
| SMPEP |
Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plans |
| SMS |
Short Message Service |
| SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SOCAR |
Azerbaycan Devlet Petrol Şirketi |
| SOLAS |
Safety of Life at Sea |
| SOPEP |
Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plans |
| SPK |
Sermaye Piyasası Kurulu |
| SPNİ |
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel |
| SPP |
South Pasific Petroleum |
| SPR |
Strategic Petroleum Reserves |
| SPRAY |
Shipbuilding Painting Research & Application System |
| SPS |
Standart Positioning Services |
| SSE |
South South-east (Kıble keşişleme) |
| SSK |
Sosyal Sigortalar Kurumu |
| SSP |
Ship Security Plan |
| SSZ |
Shipbuilding-Shiprepearing Zone |
| STCW |
Standarts of Training and Watchkeeping |
| STCW |
Standarts of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping |
| STDMA |
Self organising Time-division Multiple Access |
| STEL |
Short Term Exposure Limit |
| STF |
Special Task Force |
| STFA |
Sezai Türkeş Fevzi Akkaya |
| STSE |
Singapore Technologies Shipbuilding & Engineering |
| STT |
Secure Transaction Technology |
| STW |
Standards of Training and Watchkeeping |
| SVP |
Single Voyage Permits |
| SWL |
Safety Weight Load |
