International Hydrographic Organization

Vessel Traffic Information System

Women's International Shipping and Trading Association

European Maritime Pilots Association

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

Vessel Traffic Management and Information Services

Persian Gulf (See AG)

Gearless

World Customs Organization (Ex Customs Cooperation Council)

Wire Rods in Coils

Tons Per Centimeter (Immersion)

Intermediate Fuel Oil

Global Navigational Satellite System

Lower explosive limit (lower flammable limit)

Free Alongside Ship Free Alongside Ship means that the seller delivers when the goods are placed alongside the vessel at the named port of shipment. This means that the buyer has to bear all costs and risks of loss of or damage to the goods from that mom ...

Special Drawing Rights

General Agreement On Tariffs and Trade 1994 (now WTO)

Payroll Change Report.

European Economic Community.

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.