Fuel Adjustment Factor

An architectural element for shading windows and wall surfaces placed on the exterior of a building; can be fixed or movable.

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

Auxiliary Management Information System.

St. Vincent & The Grenadines (Flag)

Broken Up.

American Petroleum Institute

The waters adjacent to a country over which it claims jurisdiction. also, Territorial Waters.

Binary Coded Decimal. A coding system in which each decimal digit from 0 to 9 is represented by a 4-digit binary number.

British Maritime Law Association

Admiralty Raster Chart Service (U.K. Hydrographic office)

Annual Machinery Survey.

Bulk Carrier, Equipped for Carriage of Containers.

Cargo banned by general cargo workers for some reason. This ban could be because the cargo is dangerous or hazardous to health.

United Kingdom (Flag)

Vapor Recovery System

Anchor Handling Purposes.

Marine Custody Transfer

A discount allowed for damage or overcharge in the payment of a bill.

Shipboard System.