Officer of the deck

Pure Car Truck Carrier

A method of preventing the ends of a line from unlaying or fraying by turns of small stuff, stout twine or seizing wire with the ends tucked.

Whitening and loss of gloss of a usually organic coating caused by moisture. Also called blooming.

A raised area, often dome shaped, resulting from (1) loss of adhesion between a coating or deposit and the base metal or (2) delamination under the pressure of expanding gas trapped in a metal in a near-subsurface zone. Very small blisters may be called p ...

National Defense Reserve Fleet

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

The pressure of a system or device measured from absolute zero.

A general term for a floating craft that carries passengers, cargo or both

Gross Standard Volume

Liquefied Hazardous Gas

An instrument for collecting liquid water from the atmosphere.

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 ...

An oil capable of conversion from a liquid to a solid by slow reaction with oxygen in the air.

Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis and Advisory Service

A measure of the heating requirements of a building expressed in Btu per degree-day.

International Cargo Handling Coordination Association

In navigation, the angle between the point at which the sun rises and sets and the true east and west points of the horizon.

Any person on board other than the master and members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of that ship.

A material that retards the movement of water vapor through a building element (walls, ceilings) and prevents insulation and structural wood from becoming damp and metals from corroding. Often applied to insulation batts or separately in the form of treat ...