Salt Water Arrival Draft

Nautical Institute Headquarters, London

Naval Engineering CAD

Global Navigational Satellite System

Tons Per Centimeter (Immersion)

To cast off or untie. (See BEND.)

Navigational Electronic Chart System Association

Office of Foreign Assets Control

United States Department of Agriculture

Marine Assistance Request Broadcasts.

Inboard

Land Earth Station

Universal Resource Locator

International Lifeboat Federation

Patrol/Work Boat.

Environmental Impact Assessment

High Speed Craft. Mostly ferries, catamaran

Operating Differential Subsidy: A direct subsidy paid to U.S.-flag operators to offset the high operating cost of U.S.-flag ships when compared to foreign-flag counterparts.

Independent Economic Unit (Employed Person)

Intermediate Fuel Oil