Korean Register of Shipping (Class Society)

A term from Latin meaning, "according to value."

The maximum load that a generating unit, power plant, or other electrical apparatus can carry under specified conditions for a given period of time, without exceeding its approved limits of temperature and stress.

A trust which allows parents to give capital to a child and have the income from that capital.

A coating developed on a metal surface by a high temperature diffusion process (as carburization, calorizing, or chromizing).

National Economic Council

A vessel or tank where heat produced from the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, fuel oil, or coal is used to generate hot water or steam for applications ranging from building space heating to electric power production or industrial process heat.

Same as atmospheric pressure.

Member of The Nautical Institute

Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count

Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

The water that is forced into a boiler to take the place of that which is evaporated in the generation of steam.

a filter medium primarily intended to hold soluble and insoluble contaminants on its surface by molecular adhesion.

Federation of ASIAN Shipowners Association

A rain gauge which indicates but does not record the amount of precipitation captured.

London Interbank Offered Rate

To remove the ballast from the a ship.

A letter of credit that contains a limited engagement clause which states that the issuing bank promises to pay the beneficiary upon presentation of the required documents at its counters or the counters of the named bank.

The size of a flaw (defect) in a structure that will cause failure at a particular stress level.

An air infiltration measurement technique developed by the Brookhaven National Laboratory to measure changes over time (one week to five months) when determining a building's air infiltration rate. This test cannot locate exact points of infiltration, but ...