National Motor Freight Classification.

H9W Radio transmission designatorComposite emission: single-sideband, full carrier; composite system with one or more channels containing quantized or digital information together with one or more channels containing analogue information (eg: combinatio ...

Bill of Lading

Excess Of Loss (Insurance)

Barrels per day (measure of petroleum production).

Abbreviation for "Weight or Measurement;" the basis for assessing freight charges. Also known as "worm." The rate charged under W/M will be whichever produces the highest revenue between the weight of the shipment and the measure of the shipment. ...

Cubic Feet (ft3)

General Average

Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau.

International Association of Classification SocietiesGrouping of the main classification societies (about 10 in 1997) in order to raise the standards.

World Wide Web (Internet facility)

Blocks on which the keel of a vessel rests when being built, or when she is in dry dock.

To tie a rope about a man and, after passing the rope under the ship and bringing it up on deck on the opposite side, haul away, dragging the man down and around the keel of the vessel. As the bottom of the ship was always covered with sharp barnacles, th ...

Errors & Omissions Excepted (Such as this list)

Special Attendance Fees.

Protecting & Indemnity Club. Theoretically an organization settled by a group of Owners to insure, among other, liabilities not covered by the Hull and Machinery insurances. (Insiurance Clubs)

A solid solution of one or more elements in face-centered cubic iron. Unless otherwise designated (such as nickel austenite), the solute is generally assumed to be carbon.

Environmental Assessment.

Motor Vessel

Nickname for an unpopular seaman.