Rigid Inflatable Boat

High Frequency (3-30 Mhz)

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

Screw compressor development center. Licensor to 90% of twin screw compressor market.

Coastal Trade limit service in Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei.

Power generation equipment or system capacity to meet peak power demands.

A construction material made by compressing earth in a form; used traditionally in many areas of the world and widely throughout North Africa and the Middle East.

The stay leading from the mast to the bow

Petroleum Industries Marine Association (of Japan)

The difference between the input quantity applied to a measuring instrument and the output quantity indicated by the instrument. The inaccuracy of an instrument is equal to the sum of its instrument error and its uncertainty.

A system by which an object such as a compass is suspended so that it remains horizontal as the boat heels.

To pass a turn around a belaying pin or cleat.

Old and experienced seaman.

A stress that causes two parts of an elastic body. on either side of a typical stress plane, to pull apart. Contrast with compressive stress.

Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate

Hellenic Register (Greek Class Society)

The porous material contained inside the filter to (a) separate the contaminants from the incoming air, gas, or liquid. (b) separate the liquid from the gas. Filter medium is usually made of paper, wire mesh, special cellulose, or a combination.

A plastic payment card which normally allows the holder higher spending limits over the standard.

Is used to cool compressed air or gas. Designed to reduce the temperature and liquefy condensate vapors.

The formation of localized corrosion products scattered over the surface in the form of knoblike mounds called tubercles.