International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals

A contractual agreement between a ship owner and a cargo owner, usually arranged by a broker, whereby a ship is chartered (hired) either for one voyage or a period of time.

Mobile offshore production

Reid Vapor Pressure

Amount payable by charterer for failing to load the quantity agreed in the contract of carriage.

1. On a line at right angles to a ship/s length.2. At right angles to the keel of the boat, but not on the boat.

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Estimated Time of CompletionEstimated time of completion of the cargo operations. Normally the agent should ask the captain how long he requires to make the ship seaworthy after the ETC. Very few agents adhere to this, order the pilot and the tugs for the ...

Voyage between the time a ship is chartered and the time she performs the voyage.

A way of loading cargo into large barges and then in turn loading the barges into a ship.

Berth Terms

Automatic identification system

Last date, agreed in a charter party, by which vessel must be available to the charterer at the agreed place.

Inshore Traffic Zone. Navigational lane which lies between a TSS and the coast. Can only be used by ships calling a port or place inside the zone.

Years

(See WATCH.)

United States Code of Federal Regulations

Bridge Resources Management.

National oil and hazardous substances pollution Contigency Plan.

Space between adjacent frames, on the bottom of a tanker.