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(Delivered Ex Ship) (...Named Port of Destination):A Term of Sale where the seller fulfills his/her obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available to the buyer on board the ship, uncleared for import at the named port of destination. The se ...

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International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. The regulations published by the IMO for transporting hazardous materials internationally.

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Similar to a centerboard, except that it is raised and lowered vertically in a trunk rather than pivoted. Like a keel, daggerboards are used to reduce leeway by preventing a sailboat being pushed sideways by the wind.

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Resistance to air flow; usually stated in inches H2O or PSI.

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Abbreviation for "Doing Business As." A legal term for conducting business under a registered name.

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Qca

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Amount of condensate collected in the aftercooler.

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A severe naval punishment for serious offenses in which the victim was hauled from one yardarm to the other under the keel of the ship. The victim rarely survived; he would either be cut to ribbons by the shellfish on the ship's bottom or drown.

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S/D

Abbreviation for:- Sight draft.- Sea damage.

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To back an anchor, is to carry out a smaller one ahead of the one by which the vessel rides, to take off some of the strain. To back a sail, is throw it aback. To back and fill, is alternately to back and fill the sails.

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T/C

Time charter

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Sacrificial anodes placed on a vessel to prevent electrolysis of vital metal parts.

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D&H

Abbreviation for "Dangerous and Hazardous" cargo.

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National Committee on International Trade Documentation.

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Anything of Government Issue.

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Used to indicated times measured in Coordinated Universal Time, a successor to Greenwich Mean Time. A time standard that is not affected by time zones or seasons.

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Loaded aboard a vessel.

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Blocks on which the keel of a vessel rests when being built, or when she is in dry dock.

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A chain or line (rope) bent to the anchor.

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The angle between the zenith and a heavenly body.

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