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Final date for delivering cargo to a liner ships.

SBS

Shipboard System.

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Oil Companies International Maritime Forum

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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.

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API

American Petroleum Institute

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Get away from the ship, as in an emergency.

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A reaching headsail that has a big draft and is usually light-weight

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Auxiliary Water-Tube Boiler Survey.

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CTL

1.Constructive Total Loss. After an incident such as collision, grounding, fire, if it is too expensive to repair the ship cannot, the insurance consider it is lost. The vessel is abandoned or sold as scrap.2.Coastal Trade Limit service.

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A water-temperature thermometer provided with an insulated container around the bulb. It is lowered into the sea on a line until it has had time to reach the temperature of the surface water, then withdrawn and read. The insulated water surrounding the bu ...

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

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The order to go aloft (go up above).

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VDU

Visual Display Unit

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

BEL

Belgium (flag)

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FY

Fiscal Year

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BKN

Broken Up.

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Automatic Radar Plotting Aid

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VRS

Vapor Recovery System

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The order to tack the ship

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