ACRONYM Actual cubic feet per minute.

The flow of air down a flue/chimney and into a house caused by low indoor air pressure that can occur when using several fans or fireplaces and/or if the house is very tight.

The machine by which, when dropped to the bottom, the vessel is held fast.

European Currency Unit.

Ore/Oil Carrier

Subcommittee on ship Design and Equipment.(IMO)

A term which applies to trusts without an interest in possession (for example a discretionary trust).

American Institute of Marine Underwriters.

A pallet so designed that the forks of a fork lift truck can be inserted from two sides only.

Mean Low Water

An air operated device for hoisting or pulling. Similar to a slusher or tugger or An engine for handling drafts of cargo secured on deck and fitted with drums on a horizontal axle.

States that the pressure of a gas, at constant volume, varies directly with the absolute temperature.

Said of a vessel when her keel is close to the bottom and all but touching it.

A machinery device, which is applied for clipping and receiving/rending the electric cables during cable-laying under water.

A negotiable instrument is any document, which permits one party to transfer their rights to a second party by endorsing and delivering the document to the second party. An instrument is only fully negotible when the party transferring it receives value a ...

The underside of the deck, viewed from below the ceiling.

Hydrostatic Balanced Loading. Method of loading large oil tankers which allows to extends the lives of tankers from 25 to 30 years with regard to MARPOL phase-out provision.

The quality, state or degree of being acid. In oils, acidity denotes the presence of acid-type constituents whose concentration is usually defined in terms of neutralization number.

International Chamber of Shipping

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (USA)