Planning Board for Ocean Shipping.

A movable block and tackle used on board for a variety of purposes, including the handling of cargo in holds.

(ACT)Tax payable by companies on dividend payments up to 5th April 1999 which was offset against the.

A colorless, pungent, gas (NH3) that is extremely soluble in water, may be used as a refrigerant; a fixed nitrogen form suitable as fertilizer.

Estimated Time of Sailing

An instrument for measuring angles of inclination. Used in conjunction with a ceiling light to measure cloud height at night.

A severe weather condition characterized by low temperatures and strong winds bearing a great amount of snow, either falling or picked up from the ground.

A threaded, adjustable fitting, used for stays, lifelines and sometimes other rigging. It is used to to maintain correct tension on standing rigging. Can also be used to pull objects together.

Term assurance in which premiums are increased in line with the retail price index and hence the sum.

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

An electronic communications or direction finding system which uses Very High Frequency radio waves. VHF radios are the most common communications radio carried on boats, but their range is usually limited to line of sight between the transmitting and rec ...

Namely. Used in tariffs to specify commodities.

Readily taking up and retaining moisture.

(1) A cell, the emf of which is due to the potential difference between a metal in an active state and the same metal in a passive state. (2) A corrosion cell in which the anode is a metal in the active state and the cathode is the same metal in the passi ...

The weight of a material per unit of volume compared to the weight of the same volume of water.

A method of preventing oxidation of the exposed metal in structures by imposing between the structure and the ground a small electrical voltage.

The carbon left after evaporating an oil under controlled conditions.

The record of an aneroid barograph.

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A material used to seal areas of potential air leakage into or out of a building envelope.