Targeted Export Assistance

American Standards Committee X12 responsible for developing EDI standards for the United States.

A record maintained by a trading specialist of buy and sell orders for a given.

Solar and terrestrial radiation directed downwards (towards the earth's surface); incoming radiation.

A shortening of the term, "Roll On/Roll Off." A method of ocean cargo service using a vessel with ramps which allows wheeled vehicles to be loaded and discharged without cranes.

Committee on Measurement Accountability

Special Periodical Survey of Automated Control System

See Pourbaix (potential-pH) diagram.

A particular pattern of snow sampler having an internal diameter of 1.485 inches so that each inch of water in the sample weighs one ounce.

Filter, Regulator and lubricator sometimes combined in one unit

Point of Service Medical Plan.

A mop, formed of old rope, used for cleaning and drying decks.

These are benefits, excluding salaries, given to employees which include cars and car fuel, medical.

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Thermometer used for measuring the lowest temperature attained during a given interval of time, for example, a day.

An inland point provided by an all water carrier's through bill of lading in the U.S. by first discharging the container in an East Coast port.

A winch designed for hoisting and lowering the life boat.

A device used to compress air for mechanical or electrical power production, and in air conditioners, heat pumps, and refrigerators to pressurize the refrigerant and enabling it to flow through the system.

The shape of the fore-body of a ship as it thrusts through the sea. A vessel with a slim bow is said to have a fine entry.

The amount of money an ocean carrier pays to the railroad for overland carriage.