Gross National Product: GDP plus the net income accruing from foreign sources.

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

(1) Reduction of corrosion rate by shifting the corrosion potential of the electrode toward a less oxidizing potential by applying an external electromotive force. (2) Partial or complete protection of a metal from corrosion by making it a cathode, using ...

Navigational Electronic Chart System Association

Vessel Traffic Information System

The error in a compass reading caused by the heel of a boat.

Salt Water Arrival Draft

To cast off or untie. (See BEND.)

Inland Water Service of Goa.

A mortgage in which the rate of interest paid by the borrower follows movements in the base.

Intermediate Fuel Oil

A term generally applied to paints to describe holidays, holes, and skips in a film. Also used to describe shrinkage in castings and weld.

Line 12 inches or 300 mm long, painted amidships on both sides and parallel to the load lines.

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 ...

Those spaces in which the main navigating equipment, the ship's radio or the emergency source of power are located or where the fire recording or fire control equipment is centralized and also those spaces used for galleys, main pantries, stores (except i ...

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.

(AVC)Additional payments to a tax deferred savings account or an occupational pension scheme by an.

Portable Electronic Thermometer

An instrument which measures evaporation by measuring the loss of water from a burette reservoir through a ceramic disc.

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