Usually refers to intracity hauling on drays or trucks.

Wind with a speed between 22 and 27 knots (25 and 31 mph); Beaufort scale number 6.

An instrument for the measurement of the radon content of the atmosphere.

Same as wave pole.

Net borrowings of a company divided by shareholders' funds. The ratio shows the amount of.

The tide with the least variation in water level, occurring when the moon is one quarter and three quarters full. The lowest high tide and the highest low tide occur at neap tide. The opposite is the spring tide.

A publication setting forth the charges, rates and rules of transportation companies.

International Shipping Federation

Load On Top

To transfer containers from one ship to another when both vessels are controlled by the same network (carrier) manager.

A type of incandescent lamp with an interior coating of aluminum that reflects light to the front of the bulb. They are designed to spread light over specific areas.

The rate of flow of the wind undisturbed by obstacles.

Futures contracts where the underlying instruments are financial such as shares, interest rates,.

(GATT)A trade agreement between a large number of countries, dating back to 1948, which was set up to.

Family income assurance in which the assured may, if he or she chooses, increase premiums in line.

The line to which a vessel is submerged with a full cargo on board.

The number found by plotting the octave band spectrum on the NR curves given in IS0 Standard R 1996-1967 and selecting the - r- highest noise rating curve to which the spectrum is tangent.

The products of all combustion processes formed by the combination of nitrogen and oxygen.

Fine separated particles floating in the air and clouding it. A substance in the gaseous state.

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