Bahamas (flag)

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.

Butane, See C4H10

All Passenger.

Is one that does not attack normal materials of construction.

A tanker of such size as to take commercial advantage under Worldscale (generally, tankers 80,000-119,000 DWT) – A tanker with deadweight of 79,999dwt, however the term Aframax is generally used for tankers in the 50,000 – 100,000dwt capacity range.

A set of bearings taken from an object with a known position, such as a landmark, to determine the ship's location. A type of running fix.

Automated Requisition Management System.

1.Cash Against Documents.2.Computer Aided Design

Vessel Response Plan

Australian Hold Ladders

Greenwich Mean Time. Now mostly replaced by UTC or Z.

The source of illumination for an antenna reflector. Also called antenna feed.

In physics, the concept that as the speed of a moving fluid (liquid or gas) increases, the pressure within that fluid decreases. Originally formulated in 1738 by the Swiss mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli, it states that the total energy in a ...

The utilization of solar energy through photosynthesis.

York-Antwerp Rules 1950 Rules to settle General Average claims. Their use is normally stipulated in the B/L or C/P.

Arranges shipments for customers usually break bulk. Does not actually carry the cargo or conduct business for the ship.

A form of movable insulation that uses tiny polystyrene beads blown into the space between two window panes.

Pacific Coast District

Bureau Veritas (French Class Society)