(BOP)A country's financial position, with other countries of the world, which is made up of its.

Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

Mean Low Water

Subcommittee on ship Design and Equipment.(IMO)

European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

Damages for Detention

A small jib set high on the headstay of a double headsail rig.

Best Manufacturing Practices.(US navy program).

Fast Rescue Craft

The first stress in a material, usually less than the maximum attainable stress, at which an increase in strain occurs without an increase in stress. Only certain metals - those that exhibit a localized, heterogeneous type of transition from elastic defor ...

Whether In Port Or Not

Demolished

In a semiconductor, the energy difference between the highest valence band and the lowest conduction band.

Weather Working Days

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, ...

Cabins, offices (for carrying out ship's business), 4 hospitals, mess rooms, recreation rooms (such as lounges, smoke rooms, cinemas, libraries and hobbies and games rooms) and open recreation areas to be used by seafarers.

Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (USA).

A sliding or hinged opening in the deck, providing people with access to the cabin or space below; an opening in a boat's deck fitted with a watertight cover.

British Rig Owners Association

Foundered