Laydays can be defined as the days kept aside in a ship’s voyage schedule for loading and unloading of the cargo. Laydays represent the time at which a ship must reach the charterer for cargo operations. Laydays are decided on the basis of the type and ...

National Motor Freight Classification.

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

Admiralty List of Radio Signals. British admiralty publications (8 volumes, some of them in double or triple books) informing the navigators about all the radio stations and various kind of broacasted informations such as time signals, weather & navigatio ...

Pertaining to water; an aqueous solution is made by using water as a solvent.

Delivered At Frontier Cargo

F1B Radio transmission designator.Telegraphy using frequency modulation = Narrow-Band Direct-Printing (Telex)(ALRS)

H2A Radio transmission designatorMbr>Telegraphy by the on-off keying of a tone modulated carrier, Morse code: single-sideband, full carrier. (ALRS)

In general, any self-recording instrument carried aloft by any means to obtain meteorological data.

Cost of a product before transportation costs are figured in Free on Board Free on Board means that the seller delivers when the goods pass the ship’s rail at the named port of shipment. This means that the buyer has to bear all costs and risks of loss ...

ACRONYM - National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors.

Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau.

J2DEN Radio transmission designatorSingle-sideband suppressed carrier with a single channel containing quantized or digital information with the use of a modulating sub-carrier. Data transmission with a multi-condition code in which each condition repre ...

Special Attendance Fees.

International Association of Classification SocietiesGrouping of the main classification societies (about 10 in 1997) in order to raise the standards.

General Average

F3E Radio transmission designator.Telephony using frequency modulation.(ALRS)

Aging above room temperature. See also aging. Compare with natural aging..

In solar heating systems, a type of solar collector in which air is heated in the collector.

Oil-Lubricated Stern Bearing, Continuous Liner on Tailshaft