European Currency Unit.

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 ...

Notice of Protest (see LOP)

Original Equipment Manufacturer. An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, manufactures products or components that are purchased by another company and retailed under that purchasing company's brand name.[OEM refers to the company that originally ma ...

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

The ratio of the average load on (or power output of) a generating unit or system to the capacity rating of the unit or system over a specified period of time.

Heavy longitudinal timbers fastened over the keelson. The timbers of the bow and stern are fastened to the deadwood.

Improving paint adhesion on aluminum or aluminum alloys, mainly aircraft skins, by treatment with a solution of' chromic acid. Also called chromodizing or chromatizing. Not to be confused with chromating or chromizing.

A component made up of a cylinder barrel, end covers, a piston rod, a steel or stainless steel piston. A device which induces action or motion with compressed air being the medium through which the power is transmitted.

See hydrologic accounting.

A turbine in which the flow of a steam or gas is essentially parallel to the rotor axis.

A single inlet compressor with the impeller or impellers mounted on an extended shaft of the driver.

Kilowatt

A device for optimizing the anaerobic digestion of biomass and/or animal manure, and possibly to recover biogas for energy production. Digester types include batch, complete mix, continuous flow (horizontal or plug-flow, multiple-tank, and vertical tank), ...

(1) A cathode, usuully corrugated to give variable current densities, that is plated at low current densities to preferentially remove impurities from a plating solution. (2) A substitute cathode that is used during adjustment of operating conditions.

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.

Foundered

The forwarding agreement or carrying agreement between shipper and air carrier and is issued only in nonnegotiable form.

Abbreviation for "Beneficial Cargo Owner." Refers to the importer of record, who physically takes possession of cargo at destination and does not act as a third party in the movement of such goods.

See ferrite.