Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels.

Wind with a speed below 1 knot (1 mph); Beaufort scale number 0.

Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation (WDT)Allows merchandise that has been withdrawn from a bonded warehouse at one port to be transported in bond to another port, where a superseding entry will be filed.

Vessel Traffic Management Services

Bunker adjustment factor

1.Non Conformance.2.Numerically Controlled.3.Non-Continuous liner on tailshaft

Seaman's call to attract attention.

A rope is fagged when the end is untwisted.

A method to trap liquids or gases by causing them to penetrate into the absorbent material.

A trust which allows parents to give capital to a child and have the income from that capital.

Place where crew is accommodated.

An order to haul away or to heave around a capstan (pull).

Sometimes called a pulsation damper this is a small receiver fitted on the inlet or discharge of a reciprocating compressor. The device is designed to remove the resonance from the compressor thereby reducing noise.

An instrument for measuring electrical current in amperes.

American National Standards Institute.

(ARM)In the US, a mortgage in which the interest rate is liable to change over the term of the loan and.

A generator producing alternating current by the rotation of its rotor, and which is powered by a primary mover.

A winch designed specifically for lowering、retaining and hoisting an accommodation ladder, and having a rope storage drum.

World Maritime University

An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind; a wind guage.