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

To go aboard the vessel; to put onboard a vessel.

The process of managing the consumption of energy, generally to optimize available and planned generation resources.

The quantity of heat produced to change a unit weight of a liquid to vapor with no change in temperature.

A group of wind turbines interconnected to a common utility system through a system of transformers, distribution lines, and (usually) one substation. Operation, control, and maintenance functions are often centralized through a network of computerized mo ...

The Cadbury Code is the unofficial name for the first Code of Best Practice on corporate.

FLAG. Broker abbreviation indicating the country in which the vessel is registered. See also FOC.

Same as dropsonde.

In the US, an expense allowed by the Internal Revenue Service which is deducted from adjusted.

A weight attached to a line used to determine depth by lowering it into the water.

Routine broadcast of meteorological information for aircraft in flight.

Gross Tons

Abbreviation for "Origin Rail Freight Station." Same as CFS at origin except an ORFS is operated by the rail carrier participating in the shipment.

The correctable part of the inaccuracy of an instrument.

Ice pack whose limits cannot be seen from ship.

Flow of air under specific conditions required at a particular point.

A piece of trim, usually wood, used to cover and often decorate a portion of the boat, i.e., caprail.

See Heave To

A demand by a company to shareholders to pay a further instalment on partly paid.

Chromium plated for engineering rather than decorative applicactions.