Vessels operating on fixed itineraries or regular schedules and established rates available to all shippers. The freight rates which are charged are based on the shipping company's tariff or if the company is a member of a liner conference, the tariff of ...

Gilded carving and scroll work decorating the hulls of ships.

Thermal spraying in which coating material is fed into an oxyfuel gas flame, where it is melted. Compressed gas may or may not be used to atomize the coating material and propel it onto the substrate.

Stresses that remain within a body as a result of plastic deformation.

Cash In Advance.

The pressure equivalent of the velocity of a fluid.

Det Norkse Veritas classification AS Norwegian Classification Society

Combination port.

A measure of distance approximately 3 nautical miles. One-twentieth of a degree of latitude.

Personal Property Accounting system.

Port State Information Exchange.

A powerful, strongly built boat designed to tow or push other vessels, and to assist in maneuvering a ship in a confined area.

The air compressor continues to run, usually at full RPM, but no air is delivered because the inlet is either closed off or modified, not allowing inlet air to be trapped.

An insurance policy which pays a specified amount to the insured in the event that he/she goes to.

The succession of stages through which water passes on the ground and in the atmosphere: evaporation from land or bodies of water, condensation to form clouds, precipitation, accumulation in the soil or in bodies of water, and re-evaporation.

Escort Ship.

Restricted Greater Coasting Service.

A clear, colorless, very mobile liquid that is flammable and poisonous; used as a fuel and fuel additive, and to produce chemicals.

The shape of the phase power at a certain frequency and amplitude.

Also known as the square knot, it is formed by two half hitches in which the ends always fall in line with the outer parts. This knot is used to loosely tie lines around the bundles of sail that are not in use after reefing.