Knots. The speed of the ship in nautical miles per hour (1.852 km/h or 101.3ft/minute)

Facilitation Committee (IMO)

Low Water Ordinary Near Tides.

Total Calculated Volume

International Bulk Chemical CodeCode for the construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous chemicals in bulk. (Often wrongly defined in BA publications and charts as International Bulk Carrier code)

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Petroleum Institute

Auxiliary Water-Tube Boiler Survey.

Light Displacement Ton

Admiralty Raster Chart Service (U.K. Hydrographic office)

Broken Up.

Vapor Recovery System

British Marine Equipment Association

1.Constructive Total Loss. After an incident such as collision, grounding, fire, if it is too expensive to repair the ship cannot, the insurance consider it is lost. The vessel is abandoned or sold as scrap.2.Coastal Trade Limit service.

Client Account Management System.

Germanischer Lloyd (German Class Society)

1.All purposes.2.Additional premium.3.Accounts payable

Visual Display Unit

United Kingdom (Flag)

Automatic Radar Plotting Aid