British Oil Spill Control Association

Annual Machinery Survey.

Automatic Radar Plotting Aid

A discount allowed for damage or overcharge in the payment of a bill.

In physics, the concept that as the speed of a moving fluid (liquid or gas) increases, the pressure within that fluid decreases. Originally formulated in 1738 by the Swiss mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli, it states that the total energy in a ...

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 ...

Free of Capture and SeizureInsurance term. Used until 1982 in all marine insurance contracts to refer to the war exclusion clause. Discontinued in the UK cargo insurance market in 1982 and in the hull insurance market in 1983 (BIMCO).

Combination of two power plant turbine cycles utilizing two different working fluids for power production. The waste heat from the first turbine cycle provides the heat energy for the operation of the second turbine, thus providing higher overall system e ...

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Client Account Management System.

The writing component of a recording instrument.

Business Planning and Analysis Group.

Annual Load Line Inspection.

Germanischer Lloyd (German Class Society)

Alliance of Maritime Regional Interests in Europe.

Oil Spill Removal Organization

Auxiliary

A layer consisting of a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide deposited on surfaces being cathodically protected because of the increased pH adjacent to the protected surface.

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

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations