The last day on which the seller can present documents to the advising or issuing bank.

A chemical substance or combination of substances that, when present in the environment, prevents or reduces corrosion without significant reaction with the components of the environment.

Embrittlement of iron-chromium alloys (most notably austenitic stainless steels) caused by precipitation at grain boundaries of the hard, brittle intermetallic sigma phase during long periods of exposure to temperatures between approximately 560 and 980

Surface Nexus Underwater Breathing Apparatus

see Watch

Sea Training/Supply Vessel.

The athwartship portion of a hull at the stern. The flat, vertical aft end of a ship.

Anemometer whicb measures wind speed by measuring the degree of cooling of a metal wire heated by an electric current. A type of cooling power anemometer.

A graduated scale placed in a position so that the stage of a stream may be read directly from it. Staff gauges may be placed on bridge piers or pilings, etc., or placed on specially constructed supports.

Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the foretopmast stays through.

A small flat boat, usually inflatable.

A unit of pressure which directly expresses the force exerted by the atmosphere. Equal to 1000 dynes/cm2 or 100 pascals.

Freedom Of Navigation

Air cylinder

(IB)An individual or firm who can perform all the functions of a broker except one. An introducing.

Removing surface oxides from metals by chemical or electrochemical reaction. Pickling is the removal of any high temperature scale and any adjacent low chromium layer of metal from the surface of stainless steel by chemical means. Where the steel has b ...

A spring which is designed to achieve a fixed spring constant over a wide temperature range. Usually, this involves an alloy with high nickel content such as Ni-Span C. It is common for these springs to be stress relieved at elevated temperature after for ...

Usually refers to a rating that applies to an article regardless of size or quantity.

The record or trace made by a microbarograph.

A fund which aims to pay a high dividend to its shareholders by investing in bonds or other.