Aging above room temperature. See also aging. Compare with natural aging..

Running a compressed air system at a higher than needed pressure.

An aid to taking as astronomical sight with a sextant when the sea horizon is obscured through haze, fog, or darkness.

Construction made by placing several platform flats end to end in a ship.

Annual Survey

In the condition in which the subject mater is.

Association of Shipbrokers and Agents (U.S.A.) Inc.

American Shipbrokers Association

A Type of Standard Voyage Charter Party Issued by ASBA

A Type of Standard Voyage Charter Party Issued by ASBA

American Standards Committee X12 responsible for developing EDI standards for the United States.

American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standard code used to represent data using 8 bits (7 data bits and I parity bit) per character.

Azimuthing Stern Drive.

American Society for Engineering Education.

Asian Shipowners Forum.

The non-combustible residue of a combusted substance composed primarily of alkali and metal oxides.

On the land or aground.

On the shore (on land).

Abbreviation for the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., (ASHRAE) is an international membership organization operated for the exclusive purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating, refrigeration, air conditioning and ...