United States Agency for International Development

European Maritime Pilots Association

Women's International Shipping and Trading Association

Tropical Deadweight

Wire Rods in Coils

Persian Gulf (See AG)

General Agreement On Tariffs and Trade 1994 (now WTO)

Voyage Data Recorder

Auxiliary/Generators Kilowatts (total)

Very High Frequency. (30-300 MHz) Designate also the radio communication apparatus using this frequency. It reaches only slightly beyond the horizon, except in favourable circumstances where transmission up to several hundred miles are possible.

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Short Term Disability.

Electrotechnical Commission

Universal Resource Locator

Lower explosive limit (lower flammable limit)

World Electronic Navigation Database

Nautical Institute Headquarters, London

National Maritime Enhancement Institute.

Working Paper

Floating Dock