European Harbour Masters Association

The group of bits which a computer processes as a unit; often, 8 bits.

A vessel or tank where heat produced from the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, fuel oil, or coal is used to generate hot water or steam for applications ranging from building space heating to electric power production or industrial process heat.

Urgent Marine Information Broadcast

United States Code

A unit of pressure equal to 10' dyne per cm-' (101 barye), 1000 millibars. 29.53 inches of mercury.

National Bureau of Standards (see NIST

One of the main components of a company's Report and Accounts, the balance sheet provides a.

Fans in which the direction of the flow of the air from inlet to outlet remains unchanged; includes propeller, tubaxail, and vaneaxial type fans.

Part Cargo

Steam generating units used aboard ship to provide steam for propulsion (and) for heating and other auxiliary purposes.

International Hydrographic Organization

An instrument which indicates the presence of dust particles in the atmosphere. Also spelled coniscope.

Nickname for waves breaking into foam.

Same as luminous intensity.

A device for conditioning air in an interior space. A Room Air Conditioner is a unit designed for installation in the wall or window of a room to deliver conditioned air without ducts. A Unitary Air Conditioner is composed of one or more assemblies that u ...

Placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.

To remove the ballast from the a ship.

Open Shelter Deck

A delta-neutral spread composed of more long options than short options on the same underlying.