Laydays/Cancelling (date): Range of dates within the hire contract must start.

Pressure/vacuum,prime vertical

1.Controlled Atmosphere2.Center Aft.3.Computer Associates.

Refers to the freight shipped; the contents of a shipment.

To let a cable go and stand out to sea.

1.Ore Carrier.2.Oil-lubricated stern bearing, continuous liner on tailshaft.3.Optical character recognition.

The captain's quarters. The enclosed space of decked-over small boat.

Qualified Indivindual.

Maintenance & Repair.

Abbreviation for "Bill of Lading."

RAdar beaCONs. Radar signature of beacons and buoys for easy identification on the radar PPI. Most of them work on 3 and 10 cm, and if not they cannot be detected. Poor functioning also affect their performance, nevertheless they offer a precious aid to n ...

Ship Inspection Report Exchange. Oil and product tanker inspection and exchange of information system. The main sers are the oil majors, the charterers and the shipowners. (Seaways A-40) This system did not prevent the chartering of the ERIKA by TotalFina ...

Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency ProcedureSet of instructions to use in case of oil discharge. On most vessels carrying dry goods it is only needed for bunkering operation. These instructions however include many drills which must be carried out and reco ...

To steer wildly or out of line of course.

Excess Of Loss.

Material used for caulking the seams of vessels and made from the loose fibers of old hemp rope.

1.Satellite Earth Station2.Seafarers' Education Service

1.Registro Italiano NAvale Italian Classification Society.2.Royal Institution of Naval Architects.

The wind shifts in a counterclockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere (opposite of VEER); the wind is said to back when it changes contrary to its normal pattern.

1.Annual Special Survey or Hull.2.Safety At Sea