[meaning]

A self-recording instrument used on aircraft for the simultaneous recording of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity.

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 ...

Abbreviation for the "Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits," published by the International Chamber of Commerce. This is the most frequently used standard for making payments in international trade; e.g., paying on a Letter of Credit. It i ...

Contract Maximum Continuous Rating in kW.

The point of the celestial sphere which is directly overhead.

Society of Automotive Engineers.

G1D Radio transmission designatorPhase modulation with a single channel containing quantized or digital information without the use of a modulating sub-carrier for data transmission. (ALRS)

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

General Agency Agreement

Pushing and Towing Purposes.

Group of Seven Nations (United States, Canada, Japan, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy)

Towing and Salvage Purposes.

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 ...

United Kingdom Mutual

Ratio of actual to theoretical corrosion based on the total current flow calculated by Faraday

Export Administration Act

F2D Radio transmission designator.Data transmission using frequency modulation, with a single channel containing quantized or digital information with the use of a modulating sub-carrier. (ALRS)

Abbreviation for "Independent Action." The right of a conference member to publish a rate of tariff rule that departs from the Agreement's common rate or rule.

Charter Party