Abbreviation for the critical value of the plane strain stress-intensity factor that will produce crack propagation by stress-corrosion cracking of a given material in a given environment.

Any asset which produces.

Laytime can be defined as the amount of time allowed to a ship in a voyage charter for loading and unloading of cargo at a port. If a ship fails to complete the work during this allotted time and the ship is required to stay at a port for a longer time, t ...

Tanker Vessel

A document which requires proper signatures for consummating carriage of contract. Must be marked as "original" by the issuing carrier.

Half Dispatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends

Deadweight tons.

Floating Storage Unit

A compressor belonging to the group of dynamic compressors. Characterized by radial flow. (Centrifugal)

Subcommittee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (IMO)

Generally, a measure of the departure of the mean daily temperature from a given standard, one degree day for each degree (

Association of Diving Contractors.

A term which relates to a person's final salary in an occupational pension scheme taken out.

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 ...

A negotiable instrument is any document, which permits one party to transfer their rights to a second party by endorsing and delivering the document to the second party. An instrument is only fully negotible when the party transferring it receives value a ...

Amp Hours: AH A unit of measure for a battery's storage capacity. Most auto/marine and light truck batteries are tested at a 20-hour discharge rate. Example: A 12-volt 100ah rated marine battery means that 5 amps can be discharged for 20 hours at 80° ...

Annual Cargo Gear survey.

An electrode when polarized frequently yields a current potential relationship over a region which can be approximated by:h=

Car Equivalent Unit. To assess the carrying capacity of Car carriers.

Any direction between the beam and the stern, more behind a vessel than in front of it. Behind a perpendicular line extending out from the middle of the boat