| Entry | Explanation |
| E | Espanol (gl. nationsbogstav) |
| E | East (øst) |
| e&el | Each and every loss |
| e&oe | Errors and ommisions excepted |
| E-lig | Østlig |
| E. | East (øst) |
| E.f.S. | Efterretninger for Søfarende |
| e.g. | efter gisning |
| E.P. | højtryksadditiver |
| EAC | East Asiatic Company (ØK) |
| eaon | Expect as Otherwise noted |
| eb | Eastbound |
| EBL | Electronic Baring Line |
| EC | East Coast |
| ECC | Electronic Chart Center |
| ecca | East Coast Central America |
| ECCTO | European Coastal Chemical Tankers Owners |
| ECDIS | Electronic Charts Display and Information System, se også under ARCS |
| ecgb | East Coast of Great Britain |
| ecgd | Export Credit Guarantee Department |
| ECI | AuroCom Industries (består af AP Radio og Skanti) |
| ECS | Electronic Chart System |
| ECS | Euro Container Shipping (Irsk rederi) |
| ECSA | European Community Shipowners Association, Bruxelles. Er fællesorganisation for EU`s nationale rederiforening. |
| ecsa | East Coast South America |
| ECT | European Combined Terminals (Containerterminal i Rotterdam). |
| ECU | Engine Control Unit |
| ecuk | East Coast United Kingdom |
| ecv | Each Cargo Voyage |
| ED | Existence doubtful |
| ED-skib | EnhedsDrift- skib |
| ee | Errors excepted |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone, økonomisk zone gældende fra et lands strandkant og 200 sømil til havs. |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| eg | For exampel, lat.: exempli gratia |
| Ege | Båd af udhulet træstamme, eg |
| EGNOS | European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Servise, positionssystem til fly/skibe, se også WAAS |
| ehp | Effective horse power |
| EIT | Executive Information Tool, software til beregning af containers indtjening mm. |
| eiu | Even if used |
| el | elektrisk |
| ELDOC | Bruges ved udarbejdelse af elektroinsk dokumentation |
| ELT | Emergency Locator Transmitter |
| elvent | Electrically Ventilated |
| EM | europamesterskab |
| EMA | Emergency Management |
| EMIF | European Maritime Industries Forum |
| eml | Estimated maximum loss |
| EMPA | European Maritime Pilots Association |
| EMS | Eide Marine Service, norsk heavylift operatørselskab |
| EMS | Emergency Procedures for Ships Carrying IMDG |
| EMUC | Europas Maritime Udviklingscenter |
| ENC | Electronic Navigational Charts-service |
| Ende | Betegnelsen for tov, man skyder en ende op, yderenden af enden hedder tampen. Den del af enden der er længst væk fra tampen kaldes bugten. |
| Enemal | Emaille, lak |
| eng | Engine, England |
| eohp | Except otherwise herein provided |
| eop | End of passage |
| EOS | Esbjerg Oilfield Service, fremstiller skibe, konstruktioner til olieindustrien. |
| EPA | Electronic Plotting Aid |
| EPIRB | Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (nødradiopejlesender) |
| EPIRB | Emergemcy Position Indicating Radio Beacon, nødsender system |
| eqpt | Equipment |
| erload | Expected ready to load |
| ERS | European Rail Shuttle |
| ES | Enhanced Scantling, forøgede materialetykkelser, specielt på dæks-, klædnings- , og bundplader. Tilføjelser i f.eks. Lloyds Register, som: ES+1, betyder således: 1 mm tykkere plader på nærmere betegnede områder. |
| ESC | The European National Shippers Council, Bruxelles, repræsentere de Vesteuropæiske afskiberorganisationer, bl.a. Danish Shippers Council: DSC. |
| ESCO | Estonian Shipping Company |
| esd | Echo sounder |
| Esping | gl. dansk benævnelse paa en skibsjolle, se Danske lovs 4de bog |
| Essing | Den øverste kant på et rofartøj, svarende til lønning, ræling på større fartøjer. Afledes af aas=en bjælke. eng.: gunwale, tholes stringer. |
| EST | Estonia (Estland) (gl. nationsbogstav) |
| est wt | Estimated weight |
| et al | And others |
| ETA | Expected/Estimated Time of Arrival |
| etc | Estimated/expected time of completion, etcetera |
| ETC | Expected time of completion |
| ETD | Expected Time of Departure |
| etr | Estimated time of readiness |
| ETS | Estimated Time of sailing |
| ets | Estimated time of sailing |
| ets | Estimated |
| ETU | Erhvervenes TransPortUdvalg (Danish Shippers Council) |
| ETUC | European Trade Union Confederation, Bruxelles. Den europæiske faglige sammenslutning. |
| EUCC | European Car Carriers, Europæisk samarbejde om bilskibe, kontor i Grimstad, Norge. |
| EUROS | Europæisk Skibsregister, under EU |
| EVM | Expert Voyage Manager |
| ex | Examined, Exchange, Excluding, Formerly, From, Executed, Out of |
| ex whse | Ex warehouse |
| exins | Extra Insurance |
| exp | Expected |
| exq | Ex quay (Incoterms) |
| exs | Ex ship (Incoterms) |
| exw | Ex works (Incoterms) |