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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 ...

The earnings of a company are its annual profits after deduction of tax, dividends to preference.

Name given to the lowest deck in a ship.

A thousand.

Net Present Value

(FCM)In the US, an individual or organisation accepting orders to buy or sell futures contracts or.

(GAYE)The description used for schemes where a donation to your chosen charities is automatically deducted.

A passive solar heating system in which the sun warms a heat storage element, and the heat is distributed to the interior space by convection, conduction, and radiation.

To haul in.

A short-sea vessel which transfers cargo between a central "hub" port and smaller "spoke" ports.

Accelerated corrosion of a metal because of an electrical contact with a more noble metal or nonmetallic conductor in a corrosive electrolyte.

A lower-than-usual tariff rate assessed because a shipper offers a greater volume than specified in the tariff. The incentive rate is assessed for that portion exceeding the normal volume.

The relationship of flow per unit area to differential pressure across a filter medium.

A wind coming from the east.

In financial services, the period after signing a contract during which customers are entitled to.

An electrolytic cell, the electromotive force of which is caused by a difference in concentration of some component in the electrolyte. This difference leads to the formation of discrete cathode and anode regions.

Alternating current in which three separate pulses are present, identical in frequency and voltage, but separated 120 degrees in phase.

A WECS designed to produce electricity.

Goods floating on surface of sea after a wreck.