Laydays/Cancelling (date): Range of dates within the hire contract must start.

Pressure/vacuum,prime vertical

RAdar beaCONs. Radar signature of beacons and buoys for easy identification on the radar PPI. Most of them work on 3 and 10 cm, and if not they cannot be detected. Poor functioning also affect their performance, nevertheless they offer a precious aid to n ...

Ship Inspection Report Exchange. Oil and product tanker inspection and exchange of information system. The main sers are the oil majors, the charterers and the shipowners. (Seaways A-40) This system did not prevent the chartering of the ERIKA by TotalFina ...

Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency ProcedureSet of instructions to use in case of oil discharge. On most vessels carrying dry goods it is only needed for bunkering operation. These instructions however include many drills which must be carried out and reco ...

1.Registro Italiano NAvale Italian Classification Society.2.Royal Institution of Naval Architects.

1.Satellite Earth Station2.Seafarers' Education Service

1.Annual Special Survey or Hull.2.Safety At Sea

1.Russia (flag).2.Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (classification society).3.River Service

Total Quality Management

Stow (In SCRAP STW ABT 54').Stowage factor often expressed in cubic feet per ton.(Here 54 cubic feet per ton)

Maritime Simulation Center Netherlands. Located at Wageningen it was also known under that place name.

A small vessel with one mast. (See PLATE 4.)

Shipping Ethics Board. Project for a better overview of the shipping issues by the seafarers.

Ton Per Centimer/Inch. Number of metric tons necessary to increase the draft by one centimer/inch when the ship is loaded near the Summer Draft.

X-ray - X = signal letter and flag. Morse = ( - . . - )Flag= White background and blue Greek cross.When hoisted singly from a ship it means : "Stop carrying out your intention and watch my signal.(Kerchove)

Special Compensation P&I Clause

National Union of Rail, Maritime And Transport Workers

Sea-barge, a barge carrier design similar to "LASH" but which uses rollers to move the barges aboard the ship; the self-propelled loaded barges are themselves loaded on board as cargo and are considerably larger than those loaded on LASH ships.

Raster Navigational Chart