A slang term for an open-top trailer or container with a tarpaulin cover.

To let go altogether.

Marine Rescue Sub-Centre

Port Inboard

Pressure

A window glass that has been coated with a reflective film and is useful in controlling solar heat gain during the summer.

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

See: 'contract.

International Salvage Union

Grounded

Media of heat transfer in a refrigeration unit. R12 and R22 are commonly used refrigerants.

See Multiple Containerload Shipment.

Compass error. The difference between the reading of a compass and the actual magnetic course or bearing due to errors in the compass reading. These errors can be caused by metals, magnetic fields and electrical fields near the compass. The act of checkin ...

The amount of money which flows in and out of a business, the difference between the two being.

A canvas canopy secured over the ship's deck as a protection from the weather (covering).

Sink by filling with water.

Vertical distance from the keel to the uppermost deck, taken inside the ship/s plating.

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972

Dining room facilities for officers separate from the crew and passenger dining room.

A hydrometeor consisting of a visible aggregate of minute water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the earth's surface. Fog differs from cloud only in that the base of fog is at the earth's surface while clouds are above the surface.