When all the sails are shaking.

A device that tracks the movement of the sun; used to orient solar concentrating systems.

Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel.Large tanker, often without propulsion of her own, staying in a fixed position to process and store oil awaiting to be loaded on another vessel. In July 1999 the largest one was the 'Girassol built by Hyun ...

International Maritime Bureau

Progressive loss of original material from a solid surface due to continuing exposure to cavitation.

Plating wherein fine metal powders are peened onto the work by tumbling or other means.

Intimate mixture of oil and water, generally of a milky or cloudy appearance. Emulsions may be of two types: oil-in water (where water is the continuous phase) and water-in-oil (where water is the discontinuous phase).

A plastic payment card, issued by a bank or other financial institution, which enables the holder to.

Any device or instrument for measuring salinity, especially one based on electrical conductivity methods.

An instrument for recording global solar radiation.

Nested Grid Model generated every 12 hours by NCEP.

To remove or disassemble gear after it is used.

The face-centered cubic form of pure iron, stable from 910 to l400

A wind shift that forces a boat to sail below its mean wind course.

A solid wharf or structure built of stone along the edge of a harbor used for loading and offloading of cargo, and embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978.

A motorlike device containing a rotor and a stator and capable of converting an angular position into an electrical signal, or an electrical signal into an angular position. When several synchros are correctly connected, all of the rotors will align thems ...

Biofouling means the accumulation of aquatic organisms such as microorganisms, plants, and animals on surfaces and structures immersed in or exposed to the aquatic environment. Biofouling can include microfouling (microscopic organisms including bacteria ...

Costs that vary directly with the level of activity within a short time. Examples include costs of moving cargo inland on trains or trucks, stevedoring in some ports, and short-term equipment leases. For business analysis, all costs are either defined as ...

Introducing nitrogen into the surface layer of a solid ferrous alloy by holding at a suitable temperature (below Ac1 for ferritic steels) in contact with a nitrogenous material, usually ammonia or molten cyanide of appropriate composition. Quenching is no ...