1. Loose, not on moorings or towline.2.Floating at random; not fastened by and kind of mooring; at the mercy of winds and currents; loose from normal anchorage. A vessel is said to be adrift when she breaks away from her moorings, warfs, and so on. t – ...

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 ...

Estimated Time of DepartureEstimated time of departure of the vessel. Does not necessarily coincide with the time of completion for the reasons evoked here above, or because the ship has to wait for another reason: tide, daylight,...

Greenwich Mean Time. Now mostly replaced by UTC or Z.

1.Beam2.Boom3.Mayanmar (Burma)(flag).

A chemical substance that yields hydroxyl ions (OH ) when dissolved in water. Compare with acid.

– A portable ladder hinged to a platform attached to the side of a ship and which can be positioned to provide access between ship and shore. Telescopic accommodation ladder is used for covering a long distance between the vessel and port quay. According ...

The value of a bond, note or other security as printed on the document. Throughout the life.

Both Dates Inclusive

Antwerp-Hamburg Range

A means of reducing the volume of a material by compaction into a bale.

Butane, See C4H10

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

European Standard

On or within the ship

Basic Instruments and Selected Documents(GATT).

Single Buoy Mooring

1.Cash Against Documents.2.Computer Aided Design

A small pier that projects from a larger pier.

Freight, Demurrage, And Deadfreight