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American Petroleum Institute

– A portable ladder hinged to a platform attached to the side of a ship and which can be positioned to provide access between ship and shore. Telescopic accommodation ladder is used for covering a long distance between the vessel and port quay. According ...

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

International Bulk Chemical CodeCode for the construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous chemicals in bulk. (Often wrongly defined in BA publications and charts as International Bulk Carrier code)

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

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

Total Calculated Volume

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

An octagonal shaped shelter that originated in Mongolia, and traditionally made from leather or canvas for easy transportation.

Auxiliary Water-Tube Boiler Survey.

The charge made for the transportation of freight.

Final date for delivering cargo to a liner ships.

Ramp fitted to a RoRo ship situated at the rear of the ship.

Facilitation Committee (IMO)

Broken Up.

Low Water Ordinary Near Tides.

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 ...

The order to tack the ship

A device used to control the voltage in a fluorescent lamp.