Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Electrodepositing a metal or alloy in an adherent form on an object serving as a cathode.

An instrument that uses radio waves to communicate with other vessels. VHF very high frequency - radios are common for marine use, but are limited in range. Single Side Band SSB - radios have longer ranges.

(1) To throw, as to heave a line ashore. (2) An upward pull on a line; to lift (3) The rise and fall of a vessel in a seaway.

Air in motion relative to the surface of the earth. Almost exclusively used to denote the horizontal component.

Is the suction pressure attained by an ejector or positive displacement vacuum pump at zero capacity with the suction absolutely blanked off.

(1) The last position on a chart, when a ship is leaving the land.(2) The number of nautical miles that one place is eastwards or westwards of another. (3)The easting or westing made by a vessel. The bearing of an object on the coast from which a vessel c ...

The pledging of securities as collateral - for example, to secure the debit balance in a margin.

A type of insulation material with fine, closed cells, containing a mixture of air and refrigerant gas. This insulation has a high R-value, good moisture resistance, and high structural strength compared to other rigid insulation materials.

A cash value life insurance policy with a fixed term. Premiums are applied to give life insurance.

The height of the cloud base above the local terrain.

The unit of illuminance equivalent to 1lumen per square meter.

Overhanging part of a vessel's stern. The area of the upper deck of a ship that is nearest the stern.

Melaks and Dumai Service

One or more anodes installed vertically at a nominal depth of 15 m (50 ft) or more below the earth's surface in a drilled hole for the purpose of supplying cathodic protection for an underground or submerged metallic structure. See also groundbed.

See Intracoastal Waterway.

The transformation on a compound or material into one or more substances by heat alone (without oxidation). Often called destructive distillation. Pyrolysis of biomass is the thermal degradation of the material in the absence of reacting gases, and occus ...

Equipment used for serving meals.

A deduction of either 50% or 100% which is made from the value of land in the UK, Channel Islands or.

(1) A reaction in which there is an increase in valence resulting from a loss of electrons. Contrast with reduction. (2) A corrosion reaction in which the corroded metal forms an oxide; usually applied to reaction with a gas containing elemental oxygen, s ...