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FOB (shipping)
FOB, or Free on Board, is an Incoterms rule under which risk of goods passes to the buyer once they are on board the vessel at the named port of shipment.
FORCE Technology
FORCE Technology is a Danish non-profit technology consultancy and service institute, one of the seven government-approved GTS institutes, founded in 1941 as the welding center Dansk Svejsecentral.
Forecastle
The forecastle, pronounced fo'c's'le, is a raised structure at a ship's bow formed by carrying hull plating up one deck height, named for medieval fighting castles and later the crew's living quarters.
Forward freight agreement
A forward freight agreement is a cash-settled financial contract fixing a future freight rate on a shipping route, used by shipowners and charterers to hedge.
Francesco Schettino
Francesco Schettino, born in 1960 near Naples, is the Italian former captain of the Costa Concordia, which struck rocks off Giglio in 2012, killing 32 people.
Frederick Fleet
Frederick Fleet, also known as Fred Fleet, was a British lookout aboard the Titanic who sighted the iceberg on 14 April 1912 and survived in Lifeboat 6.
Free surface effect
The free surface effect is the loss of a ship's initial stability caused by liquid that shifts toward the low side in a partially filled tank as the vessel heels.
Freedom of the Seas (ship)
Freedom of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that was the world's largest at its 2006 debut, taking the record from Queen Mary 2.
Freedom-class littoral combat ship
The Freedom-class littoral combat ship, also called the Freedom-class frigate, is a class of 16 fast U.S. Navy warships built by a Lockheed Martin team at Marinette, Wisconsin, between 2008 and 2025.
Freewinds
The Freewinds is a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology, home of its highest-level spiritual retreat and the only place New OT VIII is delivered.
Freight forwarder
A freight forwarder, also called a forwarding agent, is a firm that organizes shipments for others by sea, air, road, or rail, without necessarily moving the goods itself.
Freight transport
Freight transport, also called cargo transport, is the movement of goods by ocean shipping, rail, air cargo, and trucking, with about three quarters of global freight tonne-kilometers moved by sea in 2025.
Fremantle-class patrol boat
The Fremantle-class patrol boat was a class of fifteen coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1980 to 2007, replaced by the Armidale class.
FREMM multipurpose frigate
The FREMM multipurpose frigate (French Aquitaine class, Italian Bergamini class) is a Franco-Italian class of multi-mission frigates developed jointly and first delivered to both navies in 2012.
French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the nuclear-powered flagship of the French Navy, France's only carrier, operating Rafale M fighters from Toulon since 2001.
French aircraft carrier PA2
French aircraft carrier PA2 (Porte-Avions 2) was a planned second carrier for the French Navy, ordered in principle in 2003 and abandoned by the 2013 defense white paper.
French battleship Bouvet
The French battleship Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought built at Lorient and completed in 1898, sunk by a mine in the Dardanelles in 1915 with heavy loss of life.
French battleship Jean Bart (1940)
The French battleship Jean Bart, a Richelieu-class ship begun in 1936, escaped incomplete to Casablanca in 1940 and was the last battleship ever completed, in 1955.
French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (R97)
The French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (R97) was a helicopter cruiser and training ship of the French Navy, built at Brest and in service from 1964 to 2010.
French frigate Méduse (1810)
The French frigate Méduse, launched in 1810, wrecked on the Arguin Bank off West Africa in 1816; only 15 of roughly 147 people set adrift on a raft survived.
French ironclad Gloire
The French ironclad Gloire, also known as La Gloire, was a French Navy broadside ironclad launched at Toulon in 1859, generally regarded as the first ocean-going ironclad warship.
Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate
The Fridtjof Nansen class, or Nansen class frigate, is a class of five frigates of the Royal Norwegian Navy, built in Spain between 2000 and 2010.
Frigate
A frigate is a warship: in the age of sail a fast, lightly built cruiser, and since the 20th century a mid-sized escort for anti-submarine, surface, and air warfare.
Frontline Ltd.
Frontline Ltd. is an international shipping company transporting crude oil and refined products with one of the world's largest independent tanker fleets, listed in New York and Oslo.
Full-rigged ship
A full-rigged ship, also called a ship rig, is a sailing vessel with three or more masts, all square-rigged; the largest and most complex standard sailing rig.
Future of the Royal Navy
The Future of the Royal Navy, also called Royal Navy in the 21st Century, is the United Kingdom's plan to rebuild its shrinking fleet as a "Hybrid Navy" of crewed warships and uncrewed systems.
Gaff rig
The gaff rig is a sailing rig with a four-sided mainsail whose head is supported by a spar called the gaff, dominant for over 250 years.
Galaxy Leader
Galaxy Leader is a Bahamas-flagged vehicle carrier hijacked by Yemen's Houthi forces on 19 November 2023, the opening attack of their campaign against Red Sea shipping.
Galleon
A galleon is a large three-masted, square-rigged sailing ship of the 1500s to 1700s, developed from the caravel and carrack and used by European powers, especially Spain, as merchant ship and warship.
Galley
A galley is a long, low warship propelled primarily by oars, with sails lowered before battle, dominating Mediterranean naval warfare from Pharaonic Egypt to the early 1600s.