International Code for Vessels Carrying Chemicals in Bulk (IMO)

The pressure of the air at sea level; one standard atmosphere at zero degrees centigrade is equal to 14.695 pounds per square inch (1.033 kilograms per square centimeter).

Any small enclosed space in which unwanted items are stowed when clearing up decks.

An act beyond human control, such as lightning, flood or earthquake. – An unpredictable situation which is beyond the power of man. A natural event, not preventable by any human power, such as flood, storms, or lighting usually quoted as “force majeure” ...

(see HSE)

Same as atmospheric pressure.

A river gauge in which a weight suspended on a wire is lowered to the water surface from a bridge or other overhead structure to measure the distance from a point of known elevation to the water surface.

The owners of a ship are entitled to payment as freight for merchandise returned through the fault of either the consignees or the consignors. Such payment, which is over and above the normal freight, is called backfreight.

The conversion of one form of energy into another by the action of plants or microorganisms. The conversion of biomass to ethanol, methanol, or methane.

India (Flag)

A system operated by the clearing banks in which a paper slip/document instructs a bank branch to.

Inter-governmental organisation

An air pollution control device used to filter particulates from waste combustion gases; a chamber containing a bag filter.

An instrument for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere. The two principle types are aneroid and mercurial.

Integrated bridge control system

Facility Engineering Management Support System.

The outboard hulls of a trimaran.

Vertical Centre of Buoyancy

South American Common Market.

In the futures market the price of a contract for future delivery of a commodity usually trades.