An instrument designed to measure quantities of heat. Sometimes used in meteorology to measure solar radiation.

Bulk

Moves anchors and tow drilling vessels, lighters and similar.

That part of the ocean lying below 300 fathoms from the surface.

The tariff applied for chartering tonnage in a particular trade.

The main sense in which the term asset is used is to describe anything owned by an.

American National Standards Institute.

Auxiliary engine

Vessel Traffic Management Services

The forwarding agreement or carrying agreement between shipper and air carrier and is issued only in nonnegotiable form.

An old maritime expression meaning "immediately", as "let go amain" (drop the anchor at once!).

The portion of the strearnflow during any month or year derived from precipitation in previous months or years.

Single-celled organisms, free-living or parasitic, that break down the wastes and bodies of dead organisms, making their components available for reuse by other organisms.

National Economic Council

A type of air compressor in which air is compressed in a series of stages as it flows axaily through a decreasing tubular area.

A river gauge in which a weight suspended on a wire is lowered to the water surface from a bridge or other overhead structure to measure the distance from a point of known elevation to the water surface.

A machine having a vertically mounted warping end on which a rope may be wound under power, but not stored.

(1) An old term to denote a lazy sailor who is of little use on the ship. (2) Damaged goods, especially provisions.

The record of a barograph.

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