International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual

A term used in company accounts where income is due or a cost is incurred during an accounting.

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

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.

Also 'account payee only'. Words written on the face of a cheque between two parallel diagonal.

Maintenance And Repair

A material that extracts one or more substances from a fluid (gas or liquid) medium on contact, and which changes physically and/or chemically in the process. The less volatile of the two working fluids in an absorption cooling device.

Alongside

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

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

Small hatch in the fidley deck around the stack and uptakes. Generally closed by grating and steel covers.

Forming a conversion coating on a metal surface by anodic oxidation; most frequently applied to aluminum.

Center Aft

(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 ...

Upper Explosive Limit

A statement by a commodity broker to a client when a futures transaction is closed out. Sometimes.

A line leading from forward on the ship and secured to a forward inboard thwart of the boat in such a way as to permit quick release.

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.

A partially raised deck over the engine and boiler rooms, always around the smokestack, to let the hot air and fumes escape.

Hull and Machinery