A factor of proportionality representing the amount of substance diffusing across a unit area through a unit concentration gradient in unit time.

Vessel Traffic Management and Information Services

International Lifeboat Federation

A component of a electrochemical battery. A 'primary' cell consists of two dissimilar elements, known as 'electrodes,' immersed in a liquid or paste known as the 'electrolyte.' A direct current of 1-1.5 volts will be produced by this cell. A 'secondary' c ...

Generally speaking the word amidships means in the middle portion of a vessel.

Wrecked

The demand on, or the power output of, an electrical system or any of its parts over an interval of time, as determined by the total number of kilowatt-hours divided by the units of time in the interval.

An insolvency practitioner appointed when a company goes into receivership. If a company is.

Jack-Up (MODU)

Persian Gulf (See AG)

Any small enclosed space in which unwanted items are stowed when clearing up decks.

In the US, a fund held by a section of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as deposit.

Salt Water Arrival Draft

A thin coating of a material applied to a photovoltaic cell surface that reduces the light reflection and increases light transmission.

SAR Management Information System.

The least noble potential where pitting or crevice corrosion, or both, will initiate and propagate.

Marine Casualty Response Center.

See Koschmieder's law.

Financial Intermediaries Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association The self regulating organisation originally responsible for governing financial advisers. Became.

Occurs in the base metal adjacent to weldments due to high through-thickness strains introduced by weld metal shrinkage in highly restrained joints. Tearing occurs by decohesion and linking along the working direction of the base metal; cracks usually run ...