Material Safety Data sheets. Detailed Information about the dangerous products carried.

Industry-related: A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.

A tanker of the maximum size capable of transit of the Suez Canal (approx. 150,000-200,000 DWT)

The equipment used to sail a boat, including sails, booms and gaffs, lines and blocks, etc.

Narrow triangular sail set on a long yard or spar, the forward end of which is hauled down so that it sets obliquely on the mast with a high peak.

Small particle on which water vapor condenses.

A measure of the effective cooling capacity of a refrigerator, expressed in Btu per hour or in tons, where one (1) ton of capacity is equal to the heat required to melt 2,000 pounds of ice in 24 hours or 12,000 Btu per hour.

A plot of expected operating characteristics (e.g.., discharge pressure versus inlet capacity, shaft horsepower versus inlet capacity).

An option which gives the holder the right but not the obligation to purchase a stated quantity of.

Current that flows through the earth from an anodic to a cathodic area of a continuous metallic structure. Usually used only where the areas are separated by considerable distance and where the current results from concentration-cell action.

Fishery Inspection Vessel.

Above sea level

An instrument for determining the direction from which radio waves approach a receiver. It may consist of a manually operated direction indicator, or it may use a servo system to position the antenna automatically in the direction of the incident waves. T ...

Fidenavis S.A. (Spanish Class Society)

The transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container is received by a rail terminal or water port from another carrier.

Class AA Ice Stregthening.

Materials with various qualities that are applied to glass windows before installation. These coatings reduce radiant heat transfer through the window and also reflects outside heat and a portion of the incoming solar energy, thus reducing heat gain. The ...

The change in direction of a ray of light when it passes through one media to another with differing optical densities.

The process of using heat that is rejected in one part of a cycle for another function or in another part of the cycle.

Hoist or haul in the anchor.