Food and Drug Administration.

Fridays, Holidays Included (Muslim Countries)

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Maritime Transport Committee is part of this organization. Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness (OGMSA)It is the United States initiative to establish a world–wide maritime information ...

The situation of the helm when it is put in the opposite direction from that in which the wind blows.

Freight payable back to the port of loading or another convenient port when the vessel is unable to reach the port of destination.

A hydrometeor consisting of a visible aggregate of minute water and/or ice particles in the atmosphere above the earth's surface. Cloud differs from fog only in that the latter is, by definition, in contact with the earth's surface.

The component of a solar thermal collector that absorbs solar radiation and converts it to heat, or, as in a solar photovoltaic device, the material that readily absorbs photons to generate charge carriers (free electrons or holes).

Said of an anchor cable when its line angle approximates a continuation of the fore stay line .

Ex Works Ex works means that the seller delivers when he places the goods at the disposal of the buyer at the seller’s premises or another named place (i.e. works, factory, warehouse, etc.) not cleared for export and not loaded on any collecting vehicle. ...

Stays running from a masthead to the vessel's side, slanting a little aft. See STAYS.)

An instrument whose calibration can be determined by means of simple physical measurements on the instrument. Compare to secondary instrument.

Freight rate for shipping container for a particular commodity.

Steel surround to a hatchway vertically to the deck for preventing water ingress into the hold and to lessen risk for persons.

The atmospheric pressure at the level of the barometer. May or may not be the same as station pressure.

On-Board Quantity (before loading)

(Free Alongside Ship) (...Named Port of Shipment):A Term of Sale which means the seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have been placed alongside the vessel on the quay or in lighters at the named port of shipment.This means that the bu ...

Fuel Quantity Indicator Floristic Quality Index (ecological index) FQI Fuel Quantity Indicator FQI Federal Quality Institute FQI Fibre Quality Index (textiles) FQI Food Quality Indicator FQI Final Quality Inspection (Mazda Motor Corp.) ...

In a solar thermal system, the ratio of solar energy striking the absorber that is absorbed by the absorber to that of solar energy striking a black body (perfect absorber) at the same temperature. The absorptivity of a material is numerically equal to it ...

Agency for International Development.

The degree of conformity of an indicated value to an accepted standard value, or ideal value. See accuracy rating, measured accuracy.