A note, issued to a person or company indicating an amount.

ISM International Safety Management Code (ISM Code)

Depositing filler metal on a surfsae by welding, spraying, or braze welding to increase resistance to abrasion, erosion, wear, galling. impact, or cavitation damage.

A signboard attached to a daybeacon to convey navigational information presenting one of several standard shapes (square, triangle, rectangle) and colors (red, green, orange, yellow, or black). Daymarks usually have reflective material indicating the sha ...

Offshore Petroleum Discharge System.

The ratio of the radiant energy (heat) leaving (being emitted by) a surface to that of a black body at the same temperature and with the same area; expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Alternating current is carried by conductors and a ground to residential, commercial, or industrial consumers. The waveform of the phase power appears as a single continuous sine wave at the system frequency whose amplitude is the rated voltage of the pow ...

Maritime Mobile Service Identity. New compulsory code to identify vessels with the GMDSS/DSC system.

Correction Temperature of Tank Shell

(FCM)In the US, an individual or organisation accepting orders to buy or sell futures contracts or.

Short for compressed natural gas or CNG. A type of compressed gas used as fuel for stoves and heaters. CNG is stored in metal cylinders prior to use. CNG is considered safer than other types of fuel such as propane LPG - because it is lighter than air and ...

The total diffuse and direct insolation on a horizontal surface, averaged over a specified period of time.

A mathematical representation of the frequency or ratio that specific wind speeds occur within a specified time interval.

A capacity measurement equal to one-fourth of a barrel.

A sail set forward of the foremast on the headstay; a foresail

The actual time during which physical events take place.

Accelerated corrosion of a metal because of an electrical contact with a more noble metal or nonmetallic conductor in a corrosive electrolyte.

Coasting Service in the Philippines and Home Trade limit Service.

A wall to prevent the spread of fire; usually made of non-combustible material.

A weakly colored lunar halo identical in form and optical origin to the solar parhelion.