A type of cooling system that uses a charging and discharging cycle with a thermal or latent heat storage subsystem.

Any one of six gases, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, all of whose shells of planetary electrons contain stable numbers of electrons such that the atoms are chemically inactive.

Drydocking, beaching, or careening a vessel and carefully examining the bottom with a view to ascertaining any damage it may have.

A structure or media that absorbs heat.

Fog over land caused by condensation of vapor in the air above cooler ground.

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

(See Rina)

Project Initiatin Management System.

Usually refers to intracity hauling on drays or trucks.

To transfer containers from one ship to another when both vessels are controlled by the same network (carrier) manager.

A rainbow of angular radius of about 50

a wind coming from the northeast

Heavy Weather

Tension Leg Platform

A filtering unit for vented enclosures installed to prevent dirt and foreign matter from entering the enclosure. Also prevents oil loss by retaining oil droplets and draining the oil back to the sump.

A discontinuance of electric power supply.

The velocity of the gas in the passages between the filter units in the filter house of a gas filter.

Leaking, Underground.

International Noxious Liquid Substances

A device that transfers heat by the continuous evaporation and condensation of an internal fluid.