General name for a type of instrument which measures the inclination of the wind to the horizontal plane. See bivane.

Machinery other than main propelling machinery that is in service when the ship is in normal service, e.g. auxiliary diesel engines, turbogenerators, hydraulic motors and pumps, compressors, boiler ventilation fans, gear pumps.

(EVA)A measure of corporate performance which reveals whether a company is earning more or less than.

Satellite Navigation

A movable plate used to control air flow; in a wood stove or fireplace, used to control the amount and direction of air going to the fire.

A unit measure of electrical conduction. The facility with which a substance conducts electricity, as represented by the current density per unit electrical-potential gradient in the direction of flow. Electrical conductivity is the reciprocal of electric ...

Ocean Drilling Program

Mandatory Annual Survey (SOLAS,MARPOL)

Ship equipped with her own cranes.

The destruction of adhesion between a coating and its substrate by products of a cathodic reaction.

1.Starboard Forward.2.Sparring Fitted3.Stowage Factor

The process of decomposing biomass with anaerobic bacteria to produce biogas.

The concept in technical analysis that a trend in a share price is more meaningful if the number of.

Metal bolts with an eye in the end.

Single Decker

A combination of banking and insurance business. A high street bank, for example, might sell both.

Any fixed object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radiobeacons, and lighthouses, and to indicate safe and unsafe waters.

The main rate of income tax in the UK, which for the year 2002-2003 is 22%. The rate is applied.

This is when a load is sent in more than one consignment. In a letter of credit, the buyer can say whether this is allowed or not allowed.

Hydraulic Coupling