A multipurpose ship that can carry ore, heavy dry bulk goods and oil. Although more expensive to build, they ultimately are more economical because they can make return journeys with cargo rather than empty as single-purpose ships often must.

An organisation, usually a merchant bank, which accepts or guarantees bills of.

Maintenance And Repair

This refers to shipping documents which are presented to a bank on a collection basis to be passed to the buyer when he or she accepts a bill of exchange. The bank holds the bill of exchange until it ends (maturity) when they ask the buyer to pay the sell ...

An appreciable reduction in corrosion by making a metal an anode and maintaining this highly polarized condition with very little current flow.

Center.

J2B Radio transmission designator>br>Telegraphy (automatic reception of), single-sideband (suppressed carrier) with a single channel containing quantized or digital information with the use of a modulating sub-carrier. (ALRS)

Quadruple Screw

Safety lines, usually of flat webbing, that run along the deck between bow and stern used to attach a tether from a safety harness.

J3E Radio transmission designatorTelephony using amplitude modualtion; single-sideband, suppressed carrier. (ALRS)

Center Aft

Benefits earned by an employee in respect of his/her pension based on years of service with his/her.

F3C Radio transmission designator.Facsimile transmission using frequency modulation, with a single channel containing analogue information.(ALRS)

Cost, Insurance & Freight

A dividend which is due to holders of cumulative preference shares but which has not yet been paid. .

(See CCS or CS)

(1) The backbone of a vessel, running fore and aft along the center line of the bottom of the hull; the timber at the very bottom of the hull to which frames are attached. (2) A flat surface built into the bottom of the boat to prevent or reduce the leewa ...

The gradual degradation or alteration of a material by contact with substances present in the atmosphere, such as oxygen. carbon dioxide, water vapor, and sulfur and chlorine compounds.

Bill of Lading

Upper Explosive Limit