BSFC: Brake Specific Fuel Consumption in g/kWh

An alternative path. In a heating duct or pipe, an alternative path for the flow of the heat transfer fluid from one point to another, as determined by the opening or closing of control valves both in the primary line and the bypass line.

Area to be Avoided.

The curvature of an object such as a sail, keel or deck. Usually used when referring to an objects aerodynamic or hydrodynamic properties. The weather decks of ships are rounded up or arched in an athwartship direction for the purpose of draining any wate ...

A proceeding wherein a shipper/consignee seeks authority to abandon all or parts of their cargo.

Accessibility Guidelines

The situation of the sails when the wind presses their surfaces against the mast, and tends to force the vessel astern.

The strake next to the keel (running fore and aft).

One of the 4 cardinal compass points. East is at 90

A vertical post usually employed as a support - Also called a Sampson post

Also known as a junction buoy. A red and green horizontally striped buoy used in the United States to mark the separation of a channel into two channels. The preferred channel is indicated by the color of the uppermost stripe. Red on top indicates that th ...

A type of cyanometer. an instrument used to measure the blueness of the sky. The Linke-scale is simply a set of eight cards of different standardized shades of blue. They are evenly numbered 2 to 26. The odd numbers are used by the observer if he or she j ...

Whether In Berth Or Not

Across. Athwart-ships. Across the line of the vessel's keel. Athwart-hawse. Across the direction of a vessel's head. Across her cable.

To let out a line

Artificial Intelligence.

This is a theoretical earnings figure that is used for working out state pensions or guaranteed.

Liner In Free Out

The water line when the ship rides empty.

Antwerp-Hamburg Range