An international goods classification system for describing cargo in international trade under a single commodity-coding scheme. Developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperations Council (CCC), an international Customs organization in Brussels, thi ...

Book in which is kept a reckoning of items of cargo received or discharged from a hatch or vessel.

A reversible propeller mounted in a tunnel running through the ship/s hull to give movement athwart-ships.

A beam which supports a deck.

Reversing the position of an object or line.

A list of metals and alloys arranged according to their relative corrosion potentials in a given environment. Compare with electromotive series.

(ERISA)In the US, a federal law introduced for the protection of participants in private pension.

Same as mercury barometer.

Society of Maritime Arbitrators

(IRA)In the US, a tax-deferred retirement savings account which may be set up by people in employment. .

The total of direct solar radiation and diffuse sky radiation received by a unit horizontal surface. Global radiation is measured by pyranometers.

A compulsory tax on employment and investment income.

The consolidation of a quantity of individual items into one large shipping unit for easier handling.- Loading one or more large items of cargo onto a single piece of equipment, such as a pallet.

An additional keel secured outside the main keel, usually as protection in the event of grounding.

To leave port.

(1) A metal whose potential is highly positive relative to the hydrogen electrode. (2) A metal with marked resistance to chemical reaction, particularly to oxidation and to evolution by inorganic acids. The term as often used is synonymous with precious m ...

A order to a broker to buy or sell the entire amount of the order in one transaction or not deal at.

In the US, a board of Directors comprised of seven members which directs the federal banking system,.

A labyrinth type filter having the active surfaces continuously splashed with oil. Most pollutants are absorbed by the oil which when circulated releases its pollutants, which sink by gravity to the bottom of the oil pan.

The distance or length of flow of the air past a point during a given interval of time.