United States Agency for International Development

Vessel Traffic Management and Information Services

National nature reserve

Megabyte

International Maritime Industries Forum

System

Designated Person Ashore.For the ISM Code, any member of the Owner's staff who is aware of the problem of the vessels, and who has a direct access to the top management.

National Maritime Enhancement Institute.

United States Department of Agriculture

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.

Persian Gulf (See AG)

World Electronic Navigation Database

Tropical Fresh

Nautical Institute Headquarters, London

Short Term Disability.

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Tropical Deadweight

Naval Engineering CAD

Open Shelter Deck