Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic

Tropical Deadweight

World Electronic Navigation Database

ECOnomic & SOCial Counsil of the United NationsUN agency parenting the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation, and the IMO.

International Hydrographic Organization

Global Navigational Satellite System

A tanker of the maximum size capable of transit of the Panama Canal (approx. 50,000-80,000 DWT) (breadth normally the limiting factor)

International Labour Organization

Tons Per Centimeter (Immersion)

Voyage Data Recorder

Auxiliary/Generators Kilowatts (total)

Intermediate Fuel Oil

Electrotechnical Commission

Vessel Traffic Information System

European Maritime Pilots Association

Inland Water Service of Goa.

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Salt Water Arrival Draft

Very High Frequency. (30-300 MHz) Designate also the radio communication apparatus using this frequency. It reaches only slightly beyond the horizon, except in favourable circumstances where transmission up to several hundred miles are possible.

Permanent Group of Experts (in agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures).