Safety lines, usually of flat webbing, that run along the deck between bow and stern used to attach a tether from a safety harness.

(1) The backbone of a vessel, running fore and aft along the center line of the bottom of the hull; the timber at the very bottom of the hull to which frames are attached. (2) A flat surface built into the bottom of the boat to prevent or reduce the leewa ...

J3E Radio transmission designatorTelephony using amplitude modualtion; single-sideband, suppressed carrier. (ALRS)

Center.

Benefits earned by an employee in respect of his/her pension based on years of service with his/her.

Pertaining to water; an aqueous solution is made by using water as a solvent.

F3E Radio transmission designator.Telephony using frequency modulation.(ALRS)

This refers to shipping documents which are presented to a bank on a collection basis to be passed to the buyer when he or she accepts a bill of exchange. The bank holds the bill of exchange until it ends (maturity) when they ask the buyer to pay the sell ...

Cost, Insurance & Freight

A dividend which is due to holders of cumulative preference shares but which has not yet been paid. .

H2A Radio transmission designatorMbr>Telegraphy by the on-off keying of a tone modulated carrier, Morse code: single-sideband, full carrier. (ALRS)

Where an option is neither sold nor exercised but allowed to lapse at.

Delivered At Frontier Cargo

Aging above room temperature. See also aging. Compare with natural aging..

F1B Radio transmission designator.Telegraphy using frequency modulation = Narrow-Band Direct-Printing (Telex)(ALRS)

Delivered Ex Quay (Duty Paid) Delivered ex Quay means that the seller delivers when the goods are placed at the disposal of the buyer not cleared for import on the quay (wharf) at the named port of destination. The seller has to bear costs and risks invo ...

Book

Abbreviation for:- Against All Risks (insurance clause).- Association of American Railroads.

J2DEN Radio transmission designatorSingle-sideband suppressed carrier with a single channel containing quantized or digital information with the use of a modulating sub-carrier. Data transmission with a multi-condition code in which each condition repre ...

In solar heating systems, a type of solar collector in which air is heated in the collector.