(see HSE)

General Agreement on Trade in Services

South American Common Market.

Passenger Ship.

Vehicles Ferry.

Vapor Control Valve

United States Environmental Protection Agency.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Crude Oil Washing. Washing of the oil tank with jets of the same oil. This to replace washing with water which implies a risk of explosion and the problem of the disposal of cleaning water.

Forty-Foot Equivalent Unit (Container)

Best Information Available.

Department of Trade and Industry (UK)

Joint Industry Project

Corrective Action Request.

Destroyed By Hurricane

Designated Person Ashore.For the ISM Code, any member of the Owner's staff who is aware of the problem of the vessels, and who has a direct access to the top management.

Vessel Traffic System

Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic

Operating Differential Subsidy Agreement

United States Code