A means of reducing the volume of a material by compaction into a bale.

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

Stand watch, during which they steer the vessel, stand lookout, assist the mate on watch and make rounds of the ship to insure that all is in order. They also tie up and untie the vessel to and from the dock and maintain the equipment on deck.

The charge made for the transportation of freight.

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Tons Per Inch (Immersion)

A receding current.

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

Deals,battens an Boards.

Bulk Carrier, Equipped for Carriage of Containers.

United Arab Emirates (flag)

Double-Bottom

British Marine Equipment Association

Bonaire Petroleum Corporation N.V.

Energy storage using electrochemical batteries. The three main applications for battery energy storage systems include spinning reserve at generating stations, load leveling at substations, and peak shaving on the customer side of the meter.

(1) A cargo carrying vessel, usually without an engine, towed or pushed by a tug. Small barges for carrying cargo between ship and shore are known as lighters. (2) Also a term in sail racing - a boat which forces its way illegally between another contesta ...

Continuously updating the weighting of past prices for smoothing or forecasting.

Anchor Handling Purposes.

Old term for the galley of a vessel situated normally on the deck and not between decks.

Fuel Adjustment Factor