The maximum value of natural solar insolation.

A system capable of rotating about one axis.

Any boat built to certain standards or rules so that is like all others in the same class.

Office of Naval Research

Offshore Northern Seas Conference

Toward the shore

Officer of the deck

Navy term meaning Officer of the deck.

Out Of Gauge.

Officer of the watch

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (USA)

One Person Bridge Operation.

Offshore Petroleum Discharge System.

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

A location that is not sheltered from the wind and seas. An open location would not make a good anchorage.

The ability to send or wheel electric power to a customer over a transmission and distribution system that is not owned by the generator (seller) of the power.

This is a trading term between buyer and seller where a seller agrees to deliver goods to a buyer before a payment is made and without any form of guarantee of payment.

A trade arrangement in which goods are shipped to a foreign buyer without guarantee of payment.

A marine insurance policy that applies to all shipments made by an exporter over a period of time rather than to one shipment only.

A container fitted with a solid removable roof, or with a tarpaulin roof so the container can be loaded or unloaded from the top.