A written receipt in full, in discharge from all claims.

Atmosphere normale de reference. The term ANR is not usually applied to cfm, it is the new European replacement for FAD and usually follows the metric measurement of air flow, such as Cu Meters per Minute

Panamax ships are all ships that comply with the size and draft limitations of the existing (old) locks; namely, length 294.13m by 32.31m in breadth by 12.04 fresh water draft.

Corrosion that occurs under organic films in the form of randomly distributed threadlike filaments or spots. In many cases this is identical to filiform corrosion.

General name for an instrument which measures the evaporation rate of water into the atmosphere. See clay atmometer, evaporation pan, evapotranspirometer, Livingston sphere, Piche evaporimeter, radio atmometer.

Salt Water Arrival Draft

International Forest Product Transport Association

The maximum stress (tensile. compressive, or shear) a material can sustain without fracture, determined by dividing maximum load by the original cross-sectional area of the specimen. Also called nominal strength or maximum strength.

A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line, sometimes around a thimble.

In a ship with multiple cabins, the cabin closest to the stern.

United States Agency for International Development

A term used on occasions in life assurance policy documents, which indicates that the assured has.

Motorcar Carrier.

An electrical conductor that serves as a common connection for two or more electrical circuits; may be in the form of rigid bars or stranded conductors or cables.

Marine Pollution Prevention (International Convention) MARS Nautical Institute Marine Accident Reporting System

In reference to solar energy systems, the angle at which direct sunlight strikes a surface; the angle between the direction of the sun and the perpindicular to the surface. Sunlight with an incident angle of 90 degrees tends to be absorbed, while lower an ...

All quoted companies have a legal obligation to send shareholders annual results within six.

See conductivity.

Tropical Deadweight

Voyage Data Recorder