The results reported by a company for the first six months of its financial year. In general,.

Amount of water, expressed as a depth or as a mass, which would be obtained if all the water vapor in a specified column of the atmosphere were condensed and precipitated.

A watertight covering, usually small, that may be removed so the interior of the hull can be inspected or water removed.

To subject petroleum oil to heat for breaking down into lighter products.

A pattern or template. Also a shape of metal or wood over or in which an object may be hammered or pressed to fit.

Stowing cargo destined for a specific location close together to avoid unnecessary cargo movement.

A measure of the quality of a light source by expressing the color appearance correlated with a black body.

Pounds/force per square inch absolute.

An option which can only be exercised by the holder at expiry (unlike American style options which.

Location where cargo enters the care and custody of carrier.

The processing of the form or mode of a signal so as to make it intelligible to, or compatible with, a given device.

A block and tackle attached to the boom and the deck to prevent the main from gybing when sailing downwind

Daily; occurring once a day.

A tax credit granted for specific types of investments.

Person authorized by transportation lines to publish tariffs or rates, rules, and regulations for their account.

Contraction for pilot balloon observation.

The ratio of the sum of the noncoincidental maximum demands of two or more loads to their coincidental maximum demands for the same period.

The value of an asset as entered in an organisation's.

A harbor restriction placed on a ship which has an infectious disease on board, or which has arrived from a country where such a disease is prevalent. The crew may not go ashore until the ship is granted pratique.

Seaman's name for a reef knot tied upside down. also called a "granny" knot.