Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel.Large tanker, often without propulsion of her own, staying in a fixed position to process and store oil awaiting to be loaded on another vessel. In July 1999 the largest one was the 'Girassol built by Hyun ...

A charge, based on a fixed daily rate.

An act of Congress (1903) prohibiting rebates, concession, misbilling, etc. and providing specific penalties for such violations.

Capital gains tax arises as a result of a 'chargeable event' - in the case of stock market.

Corrosion in which cobalt is selectively leached from cobalt-base alloys, such as Stellite

A legal agreement to make or take delivery of a specified instrument (for example, a commodity such.

To stand at the mast and pull down on a halyard as another crewmate winches it in.

Ventilation that is created by the differences in the distribution of air pressures around a building. Air moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure with gravity and wind pressure affecting the airflow. The placement and control of doors ...

(1) The distance that the wind and sea has to travel over open water unimpeded by land; the longer the fetch, generally the higher the waves. (2) Also to reach someplace, especially in adverse conditions. When sailing close-hauled, being able to arrive at ...

The point or outdoor temperature where the heating capacity of a heat pump matches the heating requirements of a building.

A pin placed through the head of a rudder to prevent it from being lost.

Gross tonnage is the basis on which manning rules and safety regulations are applied, and registration fees are reckoned. Port fees are also often reckoned on the basis of GT and NT. GT and NT are defined according to formulas which take account, among ot ...

Capacity of a soil or other surface to be penetrated by water sinking into the ground under the force of gravity. It thus expresses the rate of percolation.

Permanent pip iron ballast specially shaped and placed along each side of keelson. Name is sometimes given to any iron ballast.

Combination minimum pressure valve and check valve.

Tan work shoes issued to U.S. Maritime Service trainees

The ability of a solution to give satisfactory plating at very low current densities. a condition that exists in recesses and pits. This term suggests an ability to cover, but not necessarily to build up, a uniform coating, whereas throwing power suggests ...

The level at which ice crystals and snowflakes melt as they descend through the atmosphere.

A profile of how the wind speed changes with height above the surface of the ground or water.

Arrival at land