In the UK the four large clearing banks: Lloyds TSB, Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of.

A container with no sides and frame members at the front and rear. Container can be loaded from the sides and top.

The side-to-side (athwartship) motion of a vessel.

A block and tackle attached to the boom and the deck to prevent the main from gybing when sailing downwind

Liquefied Natural Gas, or a carrier of LNG.

The amount of conditioned air to be supplied by a cooling system; usually the maximum amount to be delivered based on a specified number of cooling degree days or design temperature.

The ratio of actual power being used in a circuit, expressed in watts or kilowatts, to the power that is apparently being drawn from a power source, expressed in volt-amperes or kilovolt-amperes.

A body of water that contains brackish (highly saline) water that forms layers of differing salinity (stratifies) that absorb and trap solar energy. Solar ponds can be used to provide heat for industrial or agricultural processes, building heating and coo ...

A freehold property given as a gift in a.

Two or more bearings are noted on the chart in order to determine the ship's position at the intersection of the two

Maximum pressure a vessel, or air filter housing will withstand without bursting.

(1) The land in general, but usually refers to that part adjacent to the water. (2) A timber used in damage control to brace bulkheads and decks. (3) One of the many wooden props by which the ribs or frames of a vessel are externally supported while build ...

An arrangement of photovoltaic cells or material mounted on a rigid flat surface with the cells exposed freely to incoming sunlight.

Equipped to extract petroleum, e.g. oil production ship.

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(ICS)A compensation scheme for investors with operating rules set by the Financial Services Authority.

An instrument for determining the degree of polarization of light. See photopolarimeter.

The pressure which overcomes the total resistances in a system. It includes all losses as well as useful work.

General term used to denote all activities connected with the catching of fish by any means.

A Latin term meaning "In proportion."