Inert Gas System

Estimated Time of CompletionEstimated time of completion of the cargo operations. Normally the agent should ask the captain how long he requires to make the ship seaworthy after the ETC. Very few agents adhere to this, order the pilot and the tugs for the ...

Multipurpose Work Boat.

Demolished

Annual Cargo Refrigeration System survey.

Bermuda (Flag)

A power plant that is normally operated to generate a base load, and that usually operates at a constant load; examples include coal fired and nuclear fueled power plants.

Anemometer which generates an electrical contact output with a frequency proportional to wind speed.

The top spoke (usually marked) on the steering wheel when the rudder is centered.

Water Ballast

American Institute of Marine Underwriters.

Watertight

Construction made by placing several platform flats end to end in a ship.

Combined supply and anchor-handling ship. Seismic ship: Conducts seismic surveys to map geological structures beneath the sea bed.

Barge, Liquefied Nitrogen maximum pressure 10kg/cm

Federal Water Pollution Control Act

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Uninterrupted Power Supply

Time-dependent strain occurring under stress. The creep strain occurring at a diminishing rate is called primary creep; that occurring at a minimum and almost constant rate, secondary creep; and that occurring at an accelerating rate, tertiary creep.

U.S. Customs' master computer system, "Automated Commercial Systems."