Small masses of drift ice with waterways in which a vessel can sail.

In the US, a debt instrument with a high level of safety issued by a federal.

The basis of determining a person's pension entitlement in a final salary scheme and which.

Hydrostatic Balanced Loading

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An area of the North Atlantic east of the Bahamas where a powerful eddy in the water causes Sargasso weed to collect in vast quantities and float on the surface.

Required lights on a boat help others determine its course, position and what it is doing. Boats underway should have a red light visible from its port bow, a green light on the starboard bow and a white light at its stern. Other lights are required for v ...

Any aquatic organism with a sessile adult stage that attaches to and fouls underwater structures of ships.

A right claim against the guarantors of a loan or draft or bill of exchange.

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A traditionally shaped anchor having flukes perpendicular to the stock of the anchor and connected by a shank. These are less common than modern anchors such as the plow and lightweight anchors.

1,000 grams or 2.2046 pounds.

Overvoltage associated with the liberation of hydrogen gas.

The ratio of the actual amount of water evaporated into the atmosphere to the evaporative power. Also called relative evaporation.

Net Standard Weight

A ship designed to carry either ore or oil in bulk.

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

The power available from the rise and fall of ocean tides. A tidal power plant works on the principal of a dam or barrage that captures water in a basin at the peak of a tidal flow, then directs the water through a hydroelectric turbine as the tide ebbs.

Any boat built to certain standards or rules so that is like all others in the same class.

Water vapor content of the air. See absolute humidity, dew point, mixing ratio, relative humidity, specific humidity.