Space between adjacent frames, on the bottom of a tanker.

British Thermal Unit

Automated Damage Control.

Boiler

Accord du transport Dangereux par voie Navigable (European accord for the transport of dangerous good by inland waterways)

Bulk Carrier, Equipped for Carriage of Vehicles.

Officer of the watch

Fridays, Holidays Excepted (Muslim Countries)

Alaska Department of Environment Conservation.

British Insurance and Investment Brokers Association.

Citizens Advisory Council

American Waterway Operators. The national trade association for the barge and towing industry and the shipyards employed in the repair and construction of these craft.

Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel.

Lloyd's Open Form. Salvage contract type. Revised regularly in order to reward the work of tug involved with the salvage of laden tankers.

Percent

Bearing

Auxiliary Boiler Survey

Vessel Particulars Questionnaire

See B/L

SAID [sic] of the wind when it changes. Also, to slack a cable and let it run out. (See PAY.) To veer and haul, is to haul and slack alternately on a rope, as in warping, until the vessel or boat gets headway.