(see HSE)

Aluminium Alloy, High Speed Passenger.

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

A cell produces electric energy by the galvanic oxidation of carbon; commonly used in household appliances.

Power generated by a utility unit that operates at a very high capacity factor.

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

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

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

United Nations

The amount of heat given off by a person at rest in a comfortable environment; approximately 50 Btu per hour (Btu/h).

Self Discharging

The title of a commander of a fleet or a subdivision of it.

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

Department of Trade and Industry (UK)

A sunshine recorder of the type in which the time scale is supplied by the motion of the sun. It consists essentially of a spherical lens which bums an image of the sun upon a specialty prepared card.

A hole through casing, bulkhead, floor or deck to enable one to reach work or gear.

Original Equipment Manufacturer. An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, manufactures products or components that are purchased by another company and retailed under that purchasing company's brand name.[OEM refers to the company that originally ma ...

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International Code for Vessels Carrying Chemicals in Bulk (IMO)

Bankers Automated Clearing Services BACS is an APACS clearing company which provides an automated clearing service for payments.