The day on which the availability of a prospectus is advertised, and a flotation is officially.

One thousand kilowatts, or 1 million watts; standard measure of electric power plant generating capacity.

A wind shift that allows a boat to sail above its mean wind course.

The highest level of cube utilization that can be achieved when loading cargo into a container.

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

Power as calculated from compressor-indicator diagrams.

The heat that flows from the building interior, through the building envelope to the outside environment.

The probability distribution of random errors, typically a normal distribution with a zero mean.

Being or composed of hydrocarbons or their derivatives, or matter of plant or animal origin. Contrast with inorganic.

Installations character for Diving systems.

An instrument for measuring solar radiation.

A measure of the efficiency of converting a fuel to energy and useful work; useful work and energy output divided by higher heating value of input fuel times 100 (for percent).

The merchant ships on the official registers of any nation.

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

Planned Maintenance System

Society of Maritime Arbitrators

Tanker, Liquefied Flammable Gases.

An elementary particle of an atom with a negative electrical charge and a mass of 1/1837 of a proton; electrons surround the positively charged nucleus of an atom and determine the chemical properties of an atom.

The position of a flag when lowered halfway down.

The unit price of a good or service estimated from some base year in order to provide a consistent means of comparison.