International Bunker Industry Association Ltd

Marine Coastguard Agency

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

Term for a seaman's short leave from his ship, permitting him to go ashore for the day or night.

Using previous data to predict future.

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

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

An 'at best' order is an order given by a client to a broker where no particular instruction is.

Maritime Environment Protection CommitteeIMO branch dealing, among other, with the construction of tankers. The number of the meeting is often added to the acronym so that in the Autumn 2000 the next meeting will be MEPC46.

Typically a bank or brokerage account in the names of two (or more) people. Arrangements can be.

Same as strain hardening.

Space between the floor of holds and the bottom of the ship.

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

A system that records the consumption of electricity, gas, water, etc, and sends the data to a central data accumulation device.

Line 12 inches or 300 mm long, painted amidships on both sides and parallel to the load lines.

A type of ceiling and roof assembly that has no attic.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Taxes which are charged as a percentage of the value of an asset. Stamp Duty, which is charged on.

A winch used for hoisting and lowering cargo.

A device, such as a steel plate, used to check, retard, or divert a flow of a material.