The wheeling of electric power in amounts and at prices that generally have been negotiated in longterm contracts between the generator and a distributor or very large consumer of power.

1.Coast earth station.2.Committee of European Shipowners

A device for measuring sea-surface waves. It consists of a weighted pole below which a disk is suspended at a depth sufficiently deep for the wave motion associated with deepwater waves to be negligible. The pole will then remain nearly as if anchored to ...

The chemical or electrochemical reaction between a material, usually a metal, and its environment that produces a deterioration of the material and its properties.

The ring bolted to the upper end of the shank of an anchor and to which the bending shackle secures.

The amount of useful energy produced by a system less the amount of energy required to produce the fuel.

Ice pack whose limits cannot be seen from ship.

Call or put options on an index such as the Standard and Poor's 500 Index or the FTSE 100.

A mortgage which guarantees the interest rate charged will not rise above a certain level. But it.

Location where shipment begins its movement.

The amount of energy derived from an electrical source per unit quantity of electricity passing through the source.2. Electrical potential; voltage.

The distance that an observer can see vertically into a surface-based obscuring phenomenon such as fog, rain, or snow. The distance estimate must be based upon ceiling balloon ascensions or ceiling light projector measurements.

A type of motor that has a rotor with electrical windings connected through slip rings to the external power circuit. An external resistance controller in the rotor circuit allows the performance of the motor to be tailored to the needs of the system and ...

Carefully (watch what you're doing).

A state of resistance to corrosion or anodic dissolution of a metal caused by thermodynamic stability of the metal.

An absolute temperature scale. (

A device for converting mechanical energy to electrical energy.

Kilo or metric ton. 1,000 Kilos or 2,204.6 pounds.

To haul in until the line has a strain upon it.

The direction to which a compass points. Magnetic north differs from true north because the magnetic fields of the planet are not exactly in line with the north and south poles. Observed differences between magnetic and true north is known as magnetic var ...