Department of Transportation.

Code of minimum conditions for the carriage of cargo under a bill of lading.

[meaning]

North Pacific Coast Freight Bureau.

First Class Charterers

A system in which radar techniques are used to determine the range, elevation, and azimuth of a radar target carried a!oft by a radiosonde, so that wind data may be obtained along with the other meteorological data.

A block of wood or a bracket attached to a spar to support another spar attached to it.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Temperature before an orifice or nozzle, downstream of compressor discharge.

An old term to describe an untrained or incompetent seaman, or one who was worn out after many years of work.

[meaning]

More Or Less Charterers

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A vessel's track through the water.

See wind vane.

(1) Any pin that is used to prevent a fitting from falling open. (2) A pin used to keep the anchor attached to its anchor roller when not in use.

(See ROPE-YARN.)

Ukraine (Flag)

Description of a vessel when she rolls or pitches excessively while underway in heavy seas.

Jettisoned goods that cast overboard and are buoyed for subsequent recovery.

Vertical Centre of Gravity