AbbreviationsRSS

Abbreviations

Marine PollutionUsually known as MARPOL 73/78, this is a set of regulation aimed at preventing pollution by oil, chemicals, noxious substances, garbage and sewage water.

Marine Accident Reporting Scheme Created by the Nautical Institute NI, the report are anonymous and do not provide any name of persons, ships or companies. The are published monthly in the NI publication 'Seaways'.The reports can be Emailed to mars@nautin ...

MAS

Mandatory Annual Survey (SOLAS,MARPOL)

MAT

Materials

(See MALL.)

Distress Signal (spoken word).

Mb

Megabyte

MB

Main Bearing

MB

Merchant Broker

MB

Main Bearing.

MC

Installations character for Centralized Monitoring and Control systems for machinery.

MCA

Marine Coastguard Agency

Marine Cranking Amps: MCA The amount of amps a battery can deliver at 32°F.

Modular Cargo Delivery System.

Machinery.

Motorcar Carrier.

Motorcar Ferry.

Marine Casualty Response Center.

MCT

Marine Custody Transfer

Marine Custody Transfer Measurement