A Customs document permitting the holder to temporarily carry or send merchandise into certain foreign countries (for display, demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds. Any of various Customs documents required for crossin ...

Deterioration of metals as a result of the metabolic activity of microorganisms.

Tan work shoes issued to U.S. Maritime Service trainees

A material used to seal gaps around windows and exterior doors.

The number of degrees of list a vessel has. The first indication that a vessel may need to reef is when there is too great an angle of heel.

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 ...

Cloths hung on the lee side of a berth to keep one from rolling out of their bunk

In nautical terminology, a contraction for "weather glass" (a mercury barometer).

The positive direction of electrode potential, thus resembling noble metals such as gold and platinum.

The state of the atmosphere, mainly with respect to its effects upon life and human activities. As distinguished from climate, weather consists of the short-term (minutes to months) variations of the atmosphere.

Cement Carrier.

Installations character for RAdio Installations.

Pyrheliometer based on the comparison of the heating of two identical metal strips, one exposed to radiation, the other to a joule effect.

To reeve and secure a stopper (hold a strain on a line while transferring it).

In sailboat racing, to disturb the wind of a windward boat by positioning your boat a bit ahead and to leeward. If done correctly, the disturbed air hitting the windward boat will slow it down, leaving it at a distinct disadvantage and causing it to tack ...

Generic term for insurance covering costs incurred due to illness, injury and.

A type of term assurance in which, following the death of the life assured, instalments, rather than.

Coastal Trade limit service in Sarawak.

A drogue or drag device to slow down a boat, hold its bow into the sea in heavy weather, and reduce the boat's drift downwind.

Magnetic variation. The difference, east or west, between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle. Magnetic variation varies in different geographic locations.