International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

Anemometer which measures wind speed by the speed of rotation of 3 or 4 hemispherical or conical cups, each fixed to the end of a horizontal arm projecting from a vertical axis. See condenser-discharge anemometer, contact anemometer. Compare to bridled-cu ...

The main index of the French stock market introduced in 1988 with a base value of 1,000 and made.

Planning Board for Ocean Shipping.

The weight of a material per unit of volume compared to the weight of the same volume of water.

Not Otherwise Enumerated.

A balloon designed to float at a constant pressure level. This may be accomplished by a pressure valve which controls the release of ballast so as to maintain flight above a selected pressure level until the supply of ballast is exhausted. See Moby Dick b ...

A line secured along the deck to lay hold of in heavy weather; a line thrown on board a wreck by life-saving crew; a knotted line secured to the span between life-boat davits for the use of the crew when hoisting and lowering

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Trans Alaska Pipeline Service

Same as freezing point.

This is when a consignment is unloaded from one form of transport (lorry or ship) to another during the course of its journey from place of origin to place of destination. In a letter of credit, the buyer can say whether this is allowed or not allowed.

International Court of Justice

A radar term for a single pulse of radio energy.

An apparatus for converting the energy available in the wind to mechanical energy that can be used to power machinery (grain mills, water pumps) and to operate an electrical generator.

Temperature of equilibrium between the liquid and vapor phases of a substance at a given pressure.

1.China Class Society (Formerly ZC)2.China Classification Society

High Potential Test for Electric Equipment

U.S. classification society which certifies seagoing vessels for compliance to standardized rules regarding construction and maintenance.

A colloquial term in western Australia for a squall, associated with thunder, on the northwest coast in summer.