One quadrillion Btu. (1,000,000,000,000,000 Btu)

personal computer

To sail large, with wind about four points abaft beam.

Joint Maritime Information System

National Cargo Bureau

In situations where a person owes money to a creditor, and the creditor is not prepared to accept a.

To cast overboard or off. To discard something as unwanted or burdensome. Goods or equipment may be jettisoned to lighten a ship in danger.

A building construction technique used to create a continuous air retarder that uses the drywall, gaskets, and caulking. Gaskets are used rather than caulking to seal the drywall at the top and bottom. Although it is an effective energy-saving technique, ...

The final payment on a loan which is significantly larger than those preceding.

The shaft speed specified for the ship's acceptance on initial delivery, or after being modified, as applicable

The temperature at which a material ignites.

An instrument that automatically records pressure and temperature.

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Japanese Class Society)

Port Aft

PFD Manufacturers Association

NPFC Integrated Management System.

The number of cycles per second between the limits of a frequency band.

Office of Naval Research

A place not suitable for anchoring.

In the UK the assured is a person (or people) who has entered into a life assurance contract with a.