An instrument used to keep a record of atmospheric pressure, such as on a paper drum.

Very Large Crude Carrier (between 160,000 - 320,000 DWT)

World Trade Organization

Refrigerated Cargo Ship or Container

This is when a load is sent in more than one consignment. In a letter of credit, the buyer can say whether this is allowed or not allowed.

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

European Federation of Inland Ports

Variable Pitch Propeller

Marine Coastguard Agency

A region of transition between semiconductor layers, such as a p/n junction, which goes from a region that has a high concentration of acceptors (p-type) to one that has a high concentration of donors (n-type).

This is the voltage-ampere requirement of a device designed to convert electric energy to a non-electrical form.

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.

The main sense in which the term asset is used is to describe anything owned by an.

To let the sheet out slowly while maintaining control.

Non-Condensing

The difference between amounts of precipitation and runoff for a given storm. It is that portion of the precipitation that remains in the basin as soil moisture, surface storage, ground water, etc.

The chemical element commonly used as the dopant in solar photovoltaic device or cell material.

A fluid, such as methanol or ethylene glycol, added to vehicle engine coolant, or used in solar heating system heat transfer fluids, to protect the systems from freezing.

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.

International Maritime Industries Forum