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

Delivered Ex Quay (Duty Paid) Delivered ex Quay means that the seller delivers when the goods are placed at the disposal of the buyer not cleared for import on the quay (wharf) at the named port of destination. The seller has to bear costs and risks invo ...

H9W Radio transmission designatorComposite emission: single-sideband, full carrier; composite system with one or more channels containing quantized or digital information together with one or more channels containing analogue information (eg: combinatio ...

Excess Of Loss (Insurance)

Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau.

Barrels per day (measure of petroleum production).

General Average

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

Cubic Feet (ft3)

World Wide Web (Internet facility)

Special Attendance Fees.

Errors & Omissions Excepted (Such as this list)

To tie a rope about a man and, after passing the rope under the ship and bringing it up on deck on the opposite side, haul away, dragging the man down and around the keel of the vessel. As the bottom of the ship was always covered with sharp barnacles, th ...

Environmental Assessment.

Protecting & Indemnity Club. Theoretically an organization settled by a group of Owners to insure, among other, liabilities not covered by the Hull and Machinery insurances. (Insiurance Clubs)

Abbreviation for "Weight or Measurement;" the basis for assessing freight charges. Also known as "worm." The rate charged under W/M will be whichever produces the highest revenue between the weight of the shipment and the measure of the shipment. ...

Blocks on which the keel of a vessel rests when being built, or when she is in dry dock.

UK Harbour Masters Association

Hatch

Nickname for an unpopular seaman.