Custom of the Port

(AITC)An association formed in 1932 to represent the interests of investment trust companies. Its main.

An object used as a reference point while navigating.

A compartment having a watertight bulkhead at each end.

A photometer that measures the received intensity of a distance tight source.

An organisation established in 1989 to improve the image of Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs).

The approximate energy producing capacity of a power plant, under specified conditions, usually during periods of highest load.

A drag-type wind machine that can react to wind from any direction.

A small wooden, metal or plastic insertion at the head of a mainsail.

Float On / Float Off

Annual publication of astronomical data for the use of navigators.

International Transport Workers Federation

Service

(APAC)Advises on matters involving international capital markets and the views and concerns of the.

Open Shelter Deck ship.

(cash against documents) or D/P (documents against payment) or D/P (documents against payment)

A machine designed to drop and hoist the anchor. It has one or more cable lifters mounted on a horizontal shaft, each being fitted with a brake. The cable lifters are capable of being declutched from the prime mover. One or two warping ends may also be fi ...

National Maritime Resource Center.

The first law states that energy can not be created or destroyed; the second law states that when a free exchange of heat occurs between two materials, the heat always moves from the warmer to the cooler material.

The total area drained by a river and its tributaries. Same as river basin.