Embrittlement of low-carbon steels resulting from precipitation of solute carbon at existing dislocations and from precipitation hardening of the steel caused by differences in the solid solubility of carbon in ferrite at different temperatures. Quench-ag ...

Australian Hold Ladders

Total Calculated Volume

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Hydrostatic Release Unit

International Bulk Chemical CodeCode for the construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous chemicals in bulk. (Often wrongly defined in BA publications and charts as International Bulk Carrier code)

Dry-Docking

See Expiry Dates.

Contolable Pitch Propeller

Ramp fitted to a RoRo ship situated at the rear of the ship.

A heat exchanger element enclosed in a boiler. Water is circulated with a pump through the jacket where it picks up heat from the combustion chamber after which the heated water circulates to heat distribution devices. A water jacket is also an enclosed w ...

Deadweight Cargo Tons or the weight of to be transported under a charter party

Document given by authorities certifying that inward clearance formalities have been completed.

Binary Coded Decimal. A coding system in which each decimal digit from 0 to 9 is represented by a 4-digit binary number.

Oil Companies International Maritime Forum

Light Displacement Ton

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An octagonal shaped shelter that originated in Mongolia, and traditionally made from leather or canvas for easy transportation.

Broken Up.

Arabian Gulf Service.