Estimated Time of CompletionEstimated time of completion of the cargo operations. Normally the agent should ask the captain how long he requires to make the ship seaworthy after the ETC. Very few agents adhere to this, order the pilot and the tugs for the ...

Any bulk, bagged or other type of cargo stowed in single hold ships.

The energy of any type of electromagnetic radiation. Also called radiation.

A thermometer designed for use in measuring the temperature of sea water. One form consists of a mercury-in-glass thermometer protected by a perforated metal case. Another form consists of a mercury-in-glass thermometer surrounded by a metal case which fo ...

United Kingdom forecast model. (Available via AccuWeather.com Professional.)

A feature of American-style options that allows the owner to exercise an option at any time prior to.

A device attached to a safety or safety relief valve that prevents it from opening at the set pressure.

A situation where an investment organisation, such as an investment trust, deposits sterling with a.

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Authentication of B/L and when B/L becomes effective.

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A device that limits fluid (liquid and gaseous) pressures by discharging some of the pressurized liquid or gas.

A semiconductor material that is left intrinsic, or undoped so that the concentration of charge carriers is characteristic of the material itself rather than of added impurities.

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A radar which is used to obtain the azimuth elevation, and slant range of an airborne target.

In wastewater treatment or livestock facilities, a shallow pond used to store wastewater where sunlight and biological activity decompose the waste.

A semiconductor produced by doping an intrinsic semiconductor with an electron-donor impurity (e.g., phosphorous in silicon).

Scantling draft is the maximum draft at which the ship can withstand all the loads safely. In other words, it is the draft at which the strength of the ship is built. It may or may not be equal the tropical draft (Maximum to a ship can load as per load li ...

The kelvin unit of thermodynamic temperature, is the fraction 1/273,16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. The triple point of water is the equilibrium temperature (o,01

The charge for moving a container through a container yard off or onto a ship.