A command to stop or cease immediately what one is doing.

International Ship Managers' Association

A wall with high thermal mass used to store solar energy passively in a solar home. The wall absorbs solar energy and transfers it to the space behind the wall by means of radiation and by convection currents moving through spaces under, in front of, and ...

The outer resin surface of a fiberglass boat, usually colored.

Cyclical stocks are those companies who earnings tend to ebb and flow with the fortunes of the.

A term previously given to the shares of smaller companies least traded on the London Stock.

Containers loaded at port of loading and discharged at port of destination.

A graphical representation of a frequency distribution. The range of the variable is divided into class intervals for which the frequency of occurrence is represented by a rectangular column. The height of the column is proportional to the frequency of ob ...

Periodic publications containing details of any alterations to charts, to keep them up to date.

Marine Index Bureau.

An instrument which measures the transmissivity of the atmosphere between two points for the determination of visual range.

A unit of air cooling capacity; 12,000 Btu per hour.

On ships, the stern and stem are marked in feet to show the draft or depth of the vessel.

A situation in which waves strike a boat from the side, causing it to roll unpleasantly.

That type of force that causes or tends to cause two contiguous parts of the same body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.

A water heater that uses electricity to move heat from one place to another instead of generating heat directly.

Any raised portion of a vessel/s hull above an upermost continuous deck such as a poop, bridge or forecastle and extending from side to side of the vessel.

A through hull valve, a shut off on a plumbing or drain pipe between the vessel and the sea

A vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rule, has right-of-way. Also known as the "stand on" vessel.

Instrument which measures and records the amount of evaporation over time.