Place where a ship should report when passing i.e. when approaching a port.

Gross Tons

Month

Coasting Service.

General name for an instrument designed to measure the vertical component of the wind speed. See anemoclinometer.

A projecting aperture at the end of a tube, pipe etc. serving as an outlet for compressed air. Reduces the demand on the compressor by generating the highest thrust and volume for the lowest possible air consumption.

(ERISA)In the US, a federal law introduced for the protection of participants in private pension.

A letter of credit that requires the beneficiary to present only a draft or a receipt for specified funds before receiving payment.

People aged 65 to 74 are entitled to an additional personal tax allowance provided total earnings.

Global Positioning SystemUS sattelite based system which gives an accuracy of about 0.2 miles as the signal is variably distorted for military and security purposes. Local correction are often provided through a DGPS system.

In general, a person employed in a sea-going vessel. In some cases, applied to a seaman who works on deck.

An electricity generating facility that uses geothermal energy.

A type of electrical thermometer consisting of two thermocouples which are series-connected with a potentiometer and a constant-temperature bath. One couple, called the reference junction, is placed in a constant-temperature bath, while the other is used ...

These lights use an electrically heated filament to produce light in a vacuum or inert gas-filled bulb.

Equal to gross generation less electricity consumption of a power plant.

A general term for instruments which sample atmospheric suspensoids by impaction. Same as impactometer.

The sequence of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers..

A wide range of indices including shares, stocks and fixed interest securities published by the.

An absolute temperature scale. ((

The cover of a scuttle-way or small hatchway which leads to to or from a store room, cabin of small craft, crew's quarters, the forecastle or fore peak.