Vessel

Deadweight Cargo Tons or the weight of to be transported under a charter party

Technical Barriers to Trade

Total Calculated Volume

The Baltic and International Maritime Council Information and support service located in Copenhagen (Denmark) Founded in 1905, n 1995 it had 2650 members in 110 countries: shipowners, brokers, agents, P&I; clubs.

The circular part of a shroud or stay, where it goes over a mast. Eye-bolt. A long iron bar, having an eye at one end, driven through a vessel's deck or side into a timber or beam, with the eye remaining out, to hook a tackle to. If there is a ring throug ...

Relating to dry cargo lifted on/off in one piece by cranes or derricks.

Client Account Management System.

Oil Spill Removal Organization

Measured from the most forward part of the fore end to the most after part of the after end of the hull.

Hydrostatic Release Unit

A layer consisting of a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide deposited on surfaces being cathodically protected because of the increased pH adjacent to the protected surface.

British Oil Spill Control Association

The charge made for the transportation of freight.

Business Planning and Analysis Group.

Ramp fitted to a RoRo ship situated at the rear of the ship.

Continuously updating the weighting of past prices for smoothing or forecasting.

Visual Display Unit

Combination of two power plant turbine cycles utilizing two different working fluids for power production. The waste heat from the first turbine cycle provides the heat energy for the operation of the second turbine, thus providing higher overall system e ...

Navigation Bridge Systems.