Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Temperature at the compressor inlet flange.

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To keep the sails full and drawing

Prefix before a ship's name to indicate that she is a steamship.

Ultra High Frequency. (300-3000 MHz) The apparatus using these frequencies are the best one for internal communications on steel ships as they are not hampered by steel bulkheads.

Quality System Certification System.

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A small flag placed at the mast head to show wind direction.

The floor or bottom surface of the enclosed space under the deck of a boat

Children's bonus bonds, often nicknamed baby bonds, are friendly society policies allowing tax-free.

(Ex Works) (...Named Place): A Term of Sale which means that the seller fulfills the obligation to deliver when he or she has made the goods available at his/her premises (i.e., works, factory, warehouse, etc.) to the buyer. In particular, the seller is n ...

Any little handy contraption such as a scraper or sailmaker's palm, etc.

Federation of American Controlled Shipping.

Any sailboat with a four-sided mainsail, defined by two booms, one located on the bottom, perpendicular to the mast, and another, located on top, at an angle from the mast.

A length of line or thin rope; A line used to attach a sail to a spar.

Western Truck Lines.

Protection and indemnity insurance

Abbreviation for "Transportation and Exportation." Customs form used to control cargo movement from port of entry to port of exit, meaning that the cargo is moving from one country, through the United States, to another country.

For company pension schemes, an employee may retire at an early age provided it is authorised by the.

A material made of tarred hemp or manila rope fibers, used for caulking seams of decks and sides of a wooden ship in order to make them watertight.