Owner Identification Number

See 'active.

When a vessel's head falls off from the wind. To pay. To cover over with tar or pitch. To pay out. To slack up on a cable and let it run out.

A thermal expansion valve.

Korean Register of Shipping (classification society)

Maritime Systems Technology program (U.S.)

Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of 4 to 400 nanometers.

the attraction to, and retention of particles in, a filter medium by electrostatic forces, or by molecular attraction between the particles and the medium.

A generic term for microstructures formed by diffusionless phase transformation in which the parent and product phases have a specific crystallographic relationship. Martensite is characterized by an acicular pattern in the microstructure in both ferrous ...

The relative humidity above which the atmospheric corrosion rate of some metals increases sharply.

Tanker Chemicals type III.

(1) Describing a boat that lacks stability. (2) A small dinghy or launch used to transport crew and equipment from shore to a larger boat (3) One who serves as a precautionary standby, such as a line tender

Sailing close-hauled

A tanker of the maximum size capable of transit of the Panama Canal (approx. 50,000-80,000 DWT) (breadth normally the limiting factor)

Very generally, any moving- stream of air. It has no particular technical connotation.

A short oar. To scull, is to impel a boat by one oar at the stern.

An instrument for collecting liquid water from the atmosphere.

The interior heat gain due to heat conduction, convection, and radiation from the exterior into the interior, and from occupants and appliances.

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

International Commercial Terms