(ECGD) The government department which helps companies finance exports, mainly by insuring them against the.

Waste waters containing fetid materials, usually sulfur compounds.

An instrument which measures the rate of evapotranspiration. It consists of a vegetation soil tank so designed that all water added to the tank and all water left after evapotranspiration can be measured.

Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading

Coal Carrier.

The top of a wave.

Thermal spraying in which coating material is fed into an oxyfuel gas flame, where it is melted. Compressed gas may or may not be used to atomize the coating material and propel it onto the substrate.

A measure of weight ashore and a measure of capacity on a vessel.

Originally a seaman who, not wanting to work, preferred to exist by hanging around ports and harbors and living on the charity of others. Now more generally describing any loafer around the waterfront who prefers not to work.

Freight on which transportation charges are calculated on the basis of volume measurement.

Type of tanker used to carry different types of oil for human consumption.

Is a standardized method to determine the carbon formation characteristics of compressor lubricants.

Brittie fracture of a normally ductile material in which the corrosive effect of the environment is a causative factor. Environmental cracking is a general term that includes corrosion fatigue, high-temperature hydrogen attack, hydrogen blistering, hydrog ...

Accelerated deterioration of metals in carbonaceous gases at elevated temperatures to form a dustlike corrosion product; a unique form of high temperature corrosion which forms a dust-like corrosion product and sometimes develops hemispherical pits on a s ...

Vessels operating on fixed itineraries or regular schedules and established rates available to all shippers. The freight rates which are charged are based on the shipping company's tariff or if the company is a member of a liner conference, the tariff of ...

Frequency Shift Keying. A form of frequency modulation of a data signal performed by a modem for transmission over dedicated wire or phone lines.

Ratio of the pressure of a gas to its critical pressure, in like units.

Restricted Service between Brunei and Labuan.

Shipped under rate that includes cost from end of ship's tackle at load port to end of ship's tackle at discharge port.

A type of wear that occurs between tight-fitting surfaces subjected to cyclic relative motion of extremely small amplitude. Usually, fretting is accompanied by corrosion, especially of the very fine wear debris.