Registry of the vessel is foreign to that of the country in which the company that owns the ship is located.

Free from living organisms and especially micro-organisms. Usually used in food and dairy applications.

Close alongside; very near; in close proximity to.

The ratio of loaded miles to empty miles.

A railroad yard with many tracks used for assembling freight trains.

Removing waste from a holding tank.

a measure of relative freedom from contaminants.

Abbreviation for:- Collect (cash) on Delivery.- Carried on Docket (pricing).

Right Ascension of a celestial body is the arc of the equinoctial between Aries and the meridian of the object, always reckoning eastward from Aries.

Not in packages or containers; shipped loose in the hold of a ship without mark and count." Grain, coal and sulfur are usually bulk freight.

A kind of winch, which is applied for deep sea-bed material sampling, and performing the benthonic organism trawl survey.

Broken in.

An anti trust act of the U.S. Congress making price discrimination unlawful.

Various pieces of rigging which hold a bowsprit in position.

39.37 inches (approximately).

A kind of winch, which is applied for receiving/throwing the hydrographic survey apparatus, and performing the hydrographic measurements.

Starting a compressor from a state of total shutdown. Usually done with "local" control at the compressor. May be done with "remote" control, but only advised with "heavy" instrumentation and monitoring accessories.

An order to haul up.

The stopping of articles, such as peanuts, etc., for cleaning at a point between the point of origin and destination.

The ratio of the measured relieving capacity to the theoretical relieving capacity.