Water Ballast

Continuous Survey of Hull

Bahamas Oil Refining Corp.

Intergranular corrosion of an alloy, usually stabilized stainless steel, along a line adjoining or in contact with a weld after heating into the sensitization temperature range.

Above decks; without concealment of deceit (out in the open).

General Conditions

A graphical aid used in the reduction of data from a winds aloft observation.

Antwerp Hamburg Range

Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (USA).

St. Vincent & The Grenadines (Flag)

Demolished

Stern To Manifold (Distance)

A procedure for determining the primary elements in a substance (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and ash).

An absolute instrument developed by K. Angstrom for the measurement of direct solar radiation. The radiation receiver station consists of two identical manganin strips whose temperatures are measured by attached thermocouples. One of the strips is shaded, ...

Association of Mechanical Engineers.

Subcommittee on ship Design and Equipment.(IMO)

Vinyl Chloride Monomer. Gas occasionaly carried by LPG tankers. Highly cancerogen, heard that the German allows a crew to carry the gas only once in their carreer. Classified as flamable, toxic and polymerizable.

Marine Custody Transfer

Bulgarian Lloyd (Class Society)

ACRONYM - Actuator