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

The charge made for the transportation of freight.

Final date for delivering cargo to a liner ships.

The order to tack the ship

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

Vapor Recovery System

The order to go aloft (go up above).

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 ...

Measured from the most forward part of the fore end to the most after part of the after end of the hull.

The measure of the efficiency of fluorescent lamp ballasts. It is the relative light output divided by the power input.

The absorption of carbon atoms by a metal at high temperatures; it may remain dissolved, or form metal carbides; Absorption and diffusion of carbon into solid ferrous alloys by heating, to a temperature usually above Ac in contact with a suitable carbonac ...

Stand watch, during which they steer the vessel, stand lookout, assist the mate on watch and make rounds of the ship to insure that all is in order. They also tie up and untie the vessel to and from the dock and maintain the equipment on deck.

1.Constructive Total Loss. After an incident such as collision, grounding, fire, if it is too expensive to repair the ship cannot, the insurance consider it is lost. The vessel is abandoned or sold as scrap.2.Coastal Trade Limit service.

British Marine Equipment Association

Germanischer Lloyd (German Class Society)

Client Account Management System.

1.All purposes.2.Additional premium.3.Accounts payable

Visual Display Unit

Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation (WDT)Allows merchandise that has been withdrawn from a bonded warehouse at one port to be transported in bond to another port, where a superseding entry will be filed.

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