The visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths from 0.4 to 0.76 microns

The original name for the left side of the vessel when facing forward. The name was changed to Port to avoid any confusion with starboard, the right side of the vessel when facing forward.

On square-rigged ships, the lines which are lead from the masthead to the ends of the yards to support them.

Cargo landed in excess of the quantity on manifest.

(ADR)American depositary receipts are a convenient way for Americans to own shares in foreign.

Foreign substance which comes from the environment, adhering to a surface of a material

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Fixed ports that do not open which are placed in the deck or cabin to admit light.

Combination minimum pressure valve and check valve.

A law of chemistry and physics: the rate of diffusion of one substance in another is proportional to the negative gradient of the concentration of the first substance.

A freight booking made by a skipper or freight forwarder to serve space but not actually having a specific cargo at the time the booking is made. Carriers often overbook a vessel by 10 to 20 percent in recognition that "windy booking" cargo will not act ...

International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage

A company's expenditure to acquire capital.

The total diffuse and direct insolation on a horizontal surface, averaged over a specified period of time.

An accelerated corrosion test for some electrodeposits for anodic coatings on aluminum.

To bagpipe the mizzen, is to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the weather mizzen rigging.

A form of deterioration that is distributed more or less uniformly over a surface; See uniform corrosion.

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

A legal agreement to make or take delivery of a specified instrument (for example, a commodity such.