Standard Carrier Abbreviation Code identifying an individual common carrier. A three letter carrier code followed by a suffix identifies the carrier's equipment. A suffix of "U" is a container and "C" is a chassis.

Water in vapor form; used as the working fluid in steam turbines and heating systems.

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The left side of the ship.

The side-to-side (athwartship) motion of a vessel.

To abandon a ship at sea; to place people in a ship's boat or raft and leave them.

A keel that runs the length of the boat.

An arrangement of photovoltaic cells or material mounted on a rigid flat surface with the cells exposed freely to incoming sunlight.

The power which is theoretically required to compress a gas under constant entropy from a given inlet pressure to a given discharge pressure. (calculated assuming ideal conditions).

Options on the shares of companies. Equity options are traded in the UK at the London International.

If an employee incurs expenses wholly on behalf of his company which are not reimbursed, such.

The space between any decks.

A pre-cut layer of insulation applied around a water heater storage tank to reduce standby heat loss from the tank.

People or companies who are owed money by.

Maximum pressure a vessel, or air filter housing will withstand without bursting.

The rules concerning which vessel has the right of way if there is a possibility of collision between two or more boats; written to prevent accidents and collisions; includes right of way, lights, pennants, and whistle signals

A type of window having two layers (panes or glazing) of glass separated by an air space. Each layer of glass and surrounding air space reradiates and traps some of the heat that passes through thereby increasing the windows resistance to heat loss (R-val ...

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A certificate issued by an independent agent or firm attesting to the quality and/or quantity of the merchandise being shipped. Such a certificate is usually required in a letter of credit for commodity shipments.