A marine insurance term meaning that the assurer will not allow payment for partial loss or damage to cargo shipments except in certain circumstances, such as stranding, sinking, collision or fire.

(IPE) Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange and the second largest in the.

The individual or firm that issues a draft and thus stands to receive payment.

A pipe, tube or channel that conveys a substance (such as air throughout a building).2. Tubes used to move air, such as to ventilate an enclosed area.

A type of solar photovoltaic device made in a continuous process of pulling material from a molten bath of photovoltaic material, such as silicon, to form a thin sheet of material.

A type of solar thermal system where sunlight is concentrated by a curved reflector onto a pipe containing a working fluid that can be used for process heat or to produce electricity. The world's largest solar thermal electric power plants use solar troug ...

When a share is said to be 'cum dividend', it means that it is offered for sale with an.

See: 'split capital investment.

In the US, a type of security, generally issued by a railroad, to pay for new equipment. Title to.

A bond, issued and underwritten by international syndicates of banks and issuing houses and sold to.

A craft which is operable on or above water and which has characteristics different from those of conventional displacement ships. Within the aforementioned generality, a craft which complies with either of the following characteristics: .I the weight, ...

Shallow keels, usually placed in conjunction with or in place of a center keel. Attached to each side of a vessel, they provide lateral resistance and stability, as well as support the weight of the hull of the ship on the ways when launching, or when in ...

A seaman's personal "painter" is his lifeline, and if it is severed, he dies.

Slang sailing expression for a piece of metal or shroud that can cut or stab you.

A tax-efficient investment vehicle, designed to provide venture capital funds for small businesses..

In the trading terms between companies, credit is the value of goods which one company will supply.

Abbreviation for "Master Container Freight Station." See CFS.

Said of the anchor chain when moored and the chain does not lead clear of another chain.

Tanks carried in various parts of a ship for water ballast, for stability and to make the ship seaworthy.

Similar to a whip, an instrument of punishment where seamen were flogged on their bare backs.