(EBIT)Earnings before interest and tax. Calculated by taking the pre-tax profit of a company and adding.

(EBITDA)Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.

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European Comunity or European Commission

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Environmental Coordinating Committee.

A device for converting continuous circular motion into reciprocating rectilinear motion.

Electronic Chart Display and Information SystemBased on vectorial representation of features, this system is the best available as it can be coupled to many other devices. Unfortunately since the availability of GPS positioning many hydrographic informati ...

Enhanced Group Call

An electrical depth sounder or fish finder that uses sound echoes to locate the depth of objects in water. It does so by timing the sound pulses.

European Court of Justice.

(EVA)A measure of corporate performance which reveals whether a company is earning more or less than.

A heat exchanger for recovering heat from flue gases for heating water or air.

ECOnomic & SOCial Counsil of the United NationsUN agency parenting the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation, and the IMO.

Electronic Chart System

European Currency Unit.

A small local current usually caused by tidal streams as they ebb and flow around or against obstructions.

Difference between the instantaneous wind velocity at a point and the mean wind velocity taken over a given time interval. Also called fluctuation velocity.

An angle piece fitted over the edge of boxes, crates, bundles and other packages to prevent the pressure from metal bands or other types from cutting into the package.