Long tons (2,240 lbs.).

Activity-Based Costing.

International Standards Organization which deals in standards of all sorts, ranging from documentation to equipment packaging and labeling.

Abandoned.

Summary Report of Statutory Surveys.

Hiring of a ship for a period of time during which the shipowner provides only the ship and the charterer provides the crew, all stores and bunkers and pays all operating costs.

A fee levied by the shipping company upon the port or supplier for not loading or unloading the vessel by a specified date agreed upon by contract. Usually, assessed upon a daily basis after the deadline.

A type of hygrometer which measures the water vapor content of the atmosphere by means of the absorption of vapor by a hygroscopic chemical.

The hiring of a ship in whole or part

Integrated Tug/Barge

Outstanding Recommendations.

Consecutive Voyage

(Carriage and Insurance Paid To) (...Named Place of Destination):A Term of Sale which means the seller has the same obligations as under CPT, but with the addition that the seller has to procure cargo insurance against the buyer's risk of loss of or damag ...

(Delivered Duty paid) (...Named Port of Destination):"Delivered Duty Paid" means that the seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available at the named place in the country of importation. The seller has to bear the risks ...

Metric tons (2,250 lbs.).

Designates the owner who receives the benefits or profits from the operation.

The situation of a vessel when she lies with all her sails furled and her helm lashed a-lee.

Growth of a cloud or precipitation particle by the collision and union of a frozen particle with a super-cooled water drop.

A position or fix determined by observing landmarks or other objects to find the position.

A basic equation in daytime visual range theory, relating the apparent luminance of a distant black object, the apparent luminance of the background sky above the horizon, and the extinction coefficient of the atmosphere, or the air layer near the ground. ...