Visual Display Unit

A piece of wood placed across the head of a boat's rudder, with a rope attached to each end, by which the boat is steered.

The order to tack the ship

Brussels Tariff Nomenclature

Bonaire Petroleum Corporation N.V.

Annual Load Line Inspection.

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Light Displacement Ton

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

Double-Bottom

Auxiliary Water-Tube Boiler Survey.

Auxiliary

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 ...

United Arab Emirates (flag)

Get away from the ship, as in an emergency.

Business Planning and Analysis Group.

European Standard

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.

Offshore Technology Conference

Admiralty constant – A coefficient used in the preliminary estimations of the power required in a new design to attain the desired speed. It is presented by the formula: where: D = displacement in tons, V = speed in knots, P = shaft power in kW. Values ...