A slang name for a bullying officer on a ship.

The period marked by successive crossing of the earth's meridian by the sun; the hour angle of the sun at a point of observance (apparent time) is corrected to true (solar) time by taking into account the variation in the earth's orbit and rate of rotatio ...

The documents by which naval officers hold their status as accredited officers in the navy they serve.

(IMF) A fund formed in the mid 1940s by industrialised countries to stabilise exchange rates, promote.

As used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the departure (in

An adjustable section of the rudder that allows the rudder to be corrected for lee helm or weather helm.

The forward end of a ship's after superstructure, where the poop deck descends to the upper deck.

A form used to acknowledge receipt of cargo and often serves as basis for preparation of the ocean bill of lading.

The process of storing, or converting energy from one form to another, for later use; storage devices and systems include batteries, conventional and pumped storage hydroelectric, flywheels, compressed gas, and thermal mass.

See D/P and D/A.

To sail towards the direction from which the wind blows by making a series of tacks. A point of sail also known as sailing close hauled.

A small boat with the mast stepped far forward, carrying a single sail

This type of clause covers merchandise if the damage amounts to three percent or more of the insured value of the package or cargo. If the vessel burns, sinks, collides, or sinks, all losses are fully covered. In marine insurance, the word average describ ...

A device in which organic material is biochemically decomposed (digested) by anaerobic bacteria to treat the material and/or to produce biogas.

An investor who believes that the prices of shares are going to rise. He is therefore a buyer in.

A strategy in options trading in which an option is purchased at an exercise price below that of the.

The policy of selecting stocks for your portfolio partly on the grounds of the ethical or.

See: 'National Insurance (NI) Basic.

Cargo shipped in loose condition and of a homogeneous nature.Cargoes that are shipped unpackaged either dry, such as grain and ore, or liquid, such as petroleum products. Bulk service generally is not provided on a regularly scheduled basis, but rather as ...

Pieces of ice, about the size of a small house, that have broken off a glacier.