Aluminium Alloy, High Speed Passenger.

A term for stowing cargo in a container.

International Maritime Organization.United Nation agency created the 6 March 1948, located in London and taking care of all shipping matters.

Reinforced cringles or thimbles in the sail designed to hold the reefing lines when reefing the sail.

Foundered

The area of the bow or stern projecting above and beyond a perpendicular from the water line at stem or stern.

When a bill of lading is accepted or signed by a shipper or shipper's agent without protest, the shipper is said to acquiesce to the terms, giving a silent form of consent.

A method for making sheets of polycrystalline silicon (for solar photovlotaic devices) in which molten silicon is drawn upward by capillary action through a mold.

Annual Survey

A person trained and specialising in risk, statistics and finance who gives advice on insurance and.

International Federation of Ship Master's Association. Organization grouping all the national Master's association formed in 1974. Established in London. Over 8.000 shipmaster's from more than 40 countries are affiliated to IFSMA. Was granted Consultative ...

Saturday P.M.

A notched support for the boom when the sail is not raised. Unlike a gallows frame, a crutch is stowed when boat is sailing.

A medium-sized instrument shelter. It is a white louvered box with a flat double to of and is mounted four feet above the ground on a four-legged stand.

Place where crew is accommodated.

ACRONYM Actual cubic feet per minute.

Information Management Services.

Facility Engineering Management Support System.

Inert Gas. Non reactive gas (Nitrogen, CO2) used to fill the tanks to prevent an accidental fire or explosion.

Transmitted energy which is modulated in order to carry information. Usually, it is in the form of a radio- frequency sine wave, modulated either in amplitude or in frequency.