A takeover bid which is so generous to the shareholders of the target company that the directors.

Auxiliary/Generators Kilowatts (total)

Material placed in a drilled hole to fill space around anodes, vent pipe, and buried components of a cathodic protection system.

The law of the sea; jurisdiction over maritime causes.

Ad valorem.

Women's International Shipping and Trading Association

A unit of measure for an electrical current; the amount of current that flows in a circuit at an electromotive force of one Volt and at a resistance of one Ohm. Abbreviated as amp.

World Electronic Navigation Database

Vessel Traffic Management and Information Services

Vessel Traffic Information System

(1) Permanently damaging a metal or alloy by heating to cause either incipient melting or intergranular oxidation. See also over-heating. (2) In grinding, getting the work hot enough to cause discoloration or to change the microstructure by tempering or h ...

Persian Gulf (See AG)

A type of electrical current, the direction of which is reversed at regular intervals or cycles; in the U.S. the standard is 120 reversals or 60 cycles per second; typically abbreviated as AC.

National Maritime Enhancement Institute.

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit; equal to 252 calories.

An unpreventable and unpredictable event which could cause loss or damage to buildings, land,.

The coating, usually green, that forms on the surface of metals such as copper and copper alloys exposed to the atmosphere. Also used to describe the appearance of a weathered surface of any metal.

Zinc oxide: the powdery product of corrosion of zinc or zinc-coated surfaces.

Payroll Change Report.

A type of climatic diagram whose coordinates are some form of temperature vs. a form of humidity or precipitation.