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

Geographic Information System

(Delivered At Frontier) (...Named Place):A Term of Sale which means the sellers fulfill their obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available, cleared for export, at the named point and placed at the frontier, but before the customs Terms of ...

Inert Gas. Non reactive gas (Nitrogen, CO2) used to fill the tanks to prevent an accidental fire or explosion.

In Jeffreys' classification, a wind for which the pressure force exactly balances the viscous force, in which the vertical transfers of momentum predominate.

An energy storage device composed of one or more electrolyte cells.

The owners of a ship are entitled to payment as freight for merchandise returned through the fault of either the consignees or the consignors. Such payment, which is over and above the normal freight, is called backfreight.

Aluminium Alloy, High Speed Passenger.

A single inlet compressor with the impeller or impellers mounted on an extended shaft of the driver.

When a bill of lading is accepted or signed by a shipper or shipper's agent without protest, the shipper is said to acquiesce to the terms, giving a silent form of consent.

Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (USA).

To produce a zinc-iron alloy coating on iron or steel by keeping the coating molten after hot dip galvanizing until the zinc alloys completely with the base metal.

Abbreviation for "General Department Store Merchandise." A classification of commodities that includes goods generally shipped by mass-merchandise companies. This commodity structure occurs only in service contracts.

1.Marine Evacuation System.2.Mobile Earth Station

General Agreement on Trade in Services

The heat liberated by the combustion of a unit quantity of a fuel under specific conditions; measured in calories.

Federation of ASIAN Shipowners Association

Intergranular corrosion, usually of stainless steels or certain nickel-base alloys, that occurs as the result of sensitization in the heat-affected zone during the welding operation.

Water Line

A person trained and specialising in risk, statistics and finance who gives advice on insurance and.