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Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit.

One quadrillion Btu. (1,000,000,000,000,000 Btu)

A type of heat pump that transfers heat in outdoor air to water for space or water heating.

Imparting resistance to oxidation to an iron or steel surface by heating in aluminum powder at 800 to 1000

An ion counter of the aspiration condenser type, used for the measurement of the concentration and mobility of small ions in the atmosphere.

A chemical change in a substance that results from the passage of an electric current through an electrolyte. The production of commercial hydrogen by separating the elements of water, hydrogen, and oxygen, by charging the water with an electrical current ...

Construction Differential Subsidy: A direct subsidy paid to U.S. shipyards building U.S.-flag ships to offset high construction costs in American shipyards. An amount of subsidy (up to 50 percent) is determined by estimates of construction cost differenti ...

International Maritime Industries Forum

United States Department of Agriculture

Taxes which are charged as a percentage of the value of an asset. Stamp Duty, which is charged on.

The demand on, or the power output of, an electrical system or any of its parts over an interval of time, as determined by the total number of kilowatt-hours divided by the units of time in the interval.

Negotiating Group on Maritime Transport

The refrigerating effect in Btu/h produced by the difference in total enthalpy between a refrigerant liquid leaving the unit and the total enthalpy of the refrigerant vapor entering it. Generally measured in tons or Btu/h.

An insolvency practitioner appointed when a company goes into receivership. If a company is.

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High Speed Craft. Mostly ferries, catamaran

Operating Differential Subsidy: A direct subsidy paid to U.S.-flag operators to offset the high operating cost of U.S.-flag ships when compared to foreign-flag counterparts.

Netherlands (Flag)

In square-rigged vessels, short lines at the lower end of the futtock shrouds used to bring in the shrouds tighter to give room to brace the yards at a sharper angle when sailing close hauled.