A drive arrangement for power transmission to compressors.

Prefix before a ship's name to indicate that she is a steamship.

Tug/Maintenance Boat.

Used by some seamen to describe St. Elmo's Fire.

A device worn around a person's body that can be tethered to jack lines to help prevent a person from falling overboard.

For company pension schemes, an employee may retire at an early age provided it is authorised by the.

Ultra High Frequency. (300-3000 MHz) The apparatus using these frequencies are the best one for internal communications on steel ships as they are not hampered by steel bulkheads.

Radio Direction and Range

The Quebec pennant is flown when first entering a country, indicating that the people on the ship are healthy and that the vessel wants permission to visit the country. The flag means "My vessel is healthy and I request free pratique.

The floor or bottom surface of the enclosed space under the deck of a boat

A small flag placed at the mast head to show wind direction.

Liquid flows through into the valve and flows out through one of two tubes which is selected by changing the angle of a lever.

Federation of American Controlled Shipping.

Wolrd Port Services. Joint venture of American Port Services in which Associated British Port has a 50% holding, and two Belgian companies, Cobelfret and Hesse Natie.(LL 9-7Y). Working in the Port of Zeebrugge.

Quality System Certification System.

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Children's bonus bonds, often nicknamed baby bonds, are friendly society policies allowing tax-free.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Temperature at the compressor inlet flange.

A measure of the capacity of a material to resist heat transfer. The R-Value is the reciprocal of the conductivity of a material (U-Value). The larger the R-Value of a material, the greater its insulating properties.

A deposit resulting from the oxidation and polymerization of fuels and lubricants when exposed to high temperatures. Similar to, but harder, than varnish.