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

Dutch regulations do not permit their companies to issue ADRs linked to active home-country shares,.

The maximum deviation of any points from a straight line drawn as a "best fit" through the calibration points of an instrument with a linear response curve. Usually expressed as a percentage of full- scale range.

National Science Foundation

Marine Safety Information System.

Rank intermediate between officer and rating, and in charge of ratings; more or less equivalent to the rank of sergeant.

A pulpit located on the stern.

The voltage developed across a cell by the current flow through the resistance of the cell.

Sailor's name for the north star, Polaris, which for all practical purposes remains fixed above the north pole, bearing north from everywhere in the northern hemisphere, making it a true aid to navigation.

This is an INCO term and explains what the price quoted represents and the responsibility of the buyer and seller in relaton to arranging for the various costs associated(e.g. insurance, freight, duties) with the shipment. It can be used in sea, road or a ...

Latitude lines.

Dioctylphalate aerosol (Efficiency Test Material).

The maximum or minimum value at the normal stress at a point in a plane considered with respect to all possible orientations of the considered plane. On such principal planes the shear stress is zero. There are three principal stresses on three mutually p ...

An early and once universal name for the mercury barometer.

A movement where the load initiates at an origin rail ramp and terminates at a consignee's door.

The structural materials and elements used to construct a wall.

A momentary decrease in the speed of the wind.

Russian Register of Shipping.

High Speed Escort Ship.

Any emission of light at temperatures below that required for incandescence.