Hydrostatic Balanced Loading. Method of loading large oil tankers which allows to extends the lives of tankers from 25 to 30 years with regard to MARPOL phase-out provision.

Value Added Tax

Annual Inert Gas System Survey.

European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

Condition Assessment Survey

National Bureau of Standards (see NIST

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Fresh Water Draft On Arrival

American Institute of Marine Underwriters.

Barge, Liquefied Nitrogen maximum pressure 10kg/cm

Maritime Environment Protection CommitteeIMO branch dealing, among other, with the construction of tankers. The number of the meeting is often added to the acronym so that in the Autumn 2000 the next meeting will be MEPC46.

Pure Car Carrier

A rope is fagged when the end is untwisted.

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Whether In Port Or Not

American Society for Testing and Materials.

General operators' certificate with regard to GMDSS

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Destroyed by Storm.