Quality Steering Committee.

A pleasure vessel, a pleasure boat; in American usage the idea of size and luxury is conveyed, either sail or power.

Charterer's Option

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A semiconductor (photovoltaic) device structure in which the junction is formed between a p-type layer and an n-type layer.

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. The regulations published by the IMO for transporting hazardous materials internationally.

IADC International Association of Dredging (also Diving) Contractors

United Kingdom Association of Private Terminal Operators

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.

The distance traveled after correction for current, leeway and other errors that may not have been included in the original distance measurement.

An index representing the cost of time chartering a tanker for a specific voyage at a given time. The index is given at Worldscale 100, which represents the price in dollars per ton for carrying the oil at that rate. The negotiated rate will be some perce ...

Eskimo word for a light, covered-in canoe type boat.

Is obtained when the gas is cooled to first stage inlet temperature following each stage of compression.

Lifting Appliance

A place for the reception, delivery, consolidation, distribution, and storage of goods/cargo.

Auxiliary Crane Ship

The combination of a life assurance policy and an annuity on the same life the purpose of which.

Pushing and Towing Purposes.

Quality Coordinator.

A measurement. Outside diameter.