Computer-Assisted Operations Research Facility: A MarAd R&D facility located at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York.

Memorandum Of Consultation.

Water Ballast Tank

The term "mAh" means "milliamp hours"; it is on most rechargeable battery labels. It refers to the amount of time you can expect a fully charged battery to last. For example, if the battery label states "2,400 mAh," it means the battery can power a device ...

All spaces containing propulsion machinery, boilers, oil fuel units, steam and internal combustion engines, generators and major electrical machinery, oil filling stations, refrigerating, stabilizing, ventilation and air-conditioning machinery and similar ...

Amplitude Modulation.

Attachment to a crane which consists of a pair of large pincers at the end of a wire.

Rate Of Exchange.

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

Those exposures typically occurring once per week, or less frequently.

Alternative Compliance Program.

Main Engine.

Abbreviation for "Released Value Not Exceeding." Usually used to limit the value of goods transported.The limitation refers to carrier liability when paying a claim for lost or damaged goods

Associate Member of The Nautical Institute

At or towards the stern or rear of a ship. In, near,or toward the stern of vessel.

Bulk Carrier Strengthened for Heavy Cargoes, Nos 2,5&7 Holds may be empty. Equipped for Carriage of Containers.

Auxiliary Eire-Tube Boiler Survey

Computer Assisted Manufacture

Electromagnetic Compatibility

A stopper not in the end of a line.