Quadruple screw.

1.Russia (flag).2.Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (classification society).3.River Service

Total Quality Management

Stow (In SCRAP STW ABT 54').Stowage factor often expressed in cubic feet per ton.(Here 54 cubic feet per ton)

Maritime Simulation Center Netherlands. Located at Wageningen it was also known under that place name.

The lowest longitudinal timber of a vessel, on which framework of the whole is built up; combination of iron plates serving same purpose in iron vessel.

A small vessel with one mast. (See PLATE 4.)

Qatar (flag).

A tall tale sea story

Shipping Ethics Board. Project for a better overview of the shipping issues by the seafarers.

To address a vessel, to come from, as to hail from some port (call).

The timber or bar forming the backbone of the vessel and running from the stem to the stempost at the bottom of the ship.

Code of minimum conditions for the carriage of cargo under a bill of lading

Ton Per Centimer/Inch. Number of metric tons necessary to increase the draft by one centimer/inch when the ship is loaded near the Summer Draft.

Special Compensation P&I Clause

X-ray - X = signal letter and flag. Morse = ( - . . - )Flag= White background and blue Greek cross.When hoisted singly from a ship it means : "Stop carrying out your intention and watch my signal.(Kerchove)

National Union of Rail, Maritime And Transport Workers

Sea-barge, a barge carrier design similar to "LASH" but which uses rollers to move the barges aboard the ship; the self-propelled loaded barges are themselves loaded on board as cargo and are considerably larger than those loaded on LASH ships.

Raster Navigational Chart

Inspection report:a database system of the OCIMF