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.

Original Equipment Manufacturer. An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, manufactures products or components that are purchased by another company and retailed under that purchasing company's brand name.[OEM refers to the company that originally ma ...

Hazardous Materials

(See EUVROU.)

Tanker Fresh Water.

Geographic Information System

United Nations

Enhanced Group Call

1.Non Conformance.2.Numerically Controlled.3.Non-Continuous liner on tailshaft

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (USA)

World Maritime University

Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels.

Oil Pollution.

American National Standards Institute.

Underwriters Laboratories

Vanuatu (Flag)

Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

Steam generating units used aboard ship to provide steam for propulsion (and) for heating and other auxiliary purposes.

Electronic Navigation Chart

National Economic Council