European Federation of Inland Ports

Refrigerated Cargo Ship or Container

Marine Coastguard Agency

Variable Pitch Propeller

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

International Maritime Industries Forum

Non-Condensing

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

International Bunker Industry Association Ltd

Hydraulic Coupling

United States Environmental Protection Agency.

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.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Thailand Home Trade Service.

Ports and Waterways Safety Act.

United Nations Convention on the Law Of the Sea

1.File transfer protocol2.Fire Test Procedure

International Longshoremen's Association

Vessel Traffic Information System

Women's International Shipping and Trading Association