Port Forward.

To cast overboard or off. To discard something as unwanted or burdensome. Goods or equipment may be jettisoned to lighten a ship in danger.

See principal stress (normal).

Automated Surface Observing System. A network of instrumented weather stations deployed primarily by the National Weather Service to make weather observations without operator involvement.

Efficient Deck Hand.

Old snow that has become granular and compacted as a result of melting and refreezing.

An annual charge made in a company's profit and loss account to reduce the value of an asset to zero.

A mechanical device used for air circulation and to provide cooling.

The concept in technical analysis that a trend in a share price is more meaningful if the number of.

Port Billing Rate.

Touching or fast to the bottom.

The weight prescribed by agreement between carrier and shipper for goods shipped in certain packages or in a certain number.

Resting on the surface of the water.

Norwegian classification society.

The act of striking or collision of a moving vessel against a stationary object.

Reserve Unit Management Information System

A combination of banking and insurance business. A high street bank, for example, might sell both.

The main rate of income tax in the UK, which for the year 2002-2003 is 22%. The rate is applied.

A strongly alkaline solution into which metal is immersed for etching. for neutralizing acid, or for removing organic materials such as greases or paints.

The formation and instantaneous collapse of innumerable tiny voids or cavities within a liquid subjected to rapid and intense pressure changes. Cavitation produced by ultrasonic radiation is sometimes used to effect violent localized agitation. Cavitation ...