British Maritime Law Association

ZUMACA. Small sailing coaster from the River Plate estuary and the adjacent waters of Brazil. (Kerchove)

Auxiliary Waste Heat Boiler Survey.

Activate, Activation

Belize (Flag)

ZERNOCON. Old code name for charter parties relating to grain cargoes from Russian, Black sea and Azoff ports to UK. (Kerchove)

Cargo Tank, Center

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

A polariscope consisting of a specially constructed double plate polarizer and a tourmaline plate analyzer. Polarized light passing through the instrument is indicated by the presence of parallel colored fringes, while unpolarized light results in a unifo ...

Dry-Docking

Dropping Outward (Sea) Pilot (time). When the vessel leaves the last discharge port. It is often the time used as the end of a Voyage charter.

Arabian Gulf Service.

Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming

Hydrostatic Release Unit

Total Calculated Volume

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

Bulk Carrier, Equipped for Carriage of Rice.

Facilitation Committee (IMO)

Shipboard System.

Final date for delivering cargo to a liner ships.