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Cost of goods, marine insurance and all transportation (freight) charges are paid to the foreign point of delivery by the seller.

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Amends the Act of 1984 to provide for confidential service contracts and other items.

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States that the volume of a gas, at constant pressure, varies directly with the absolute temperature.

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A large and powerful sheet winch

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A document, certified by a consular official, is required by some countries to describe a shipment. Used by Customs of the foreign country, to verify the value, quantity and nature of the cargo.

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A bank that, in its own country, handles the business of a foreign bank.

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Compressors in which successive volumes of air or gas are confined within a closed space, and compressed. They may be either reciprocating or rotating. (Trap air and then squeeze it to the desired pressure).

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A term for a circular plank edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel.

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Starboard.

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Consists of a vessel which is a combination of oil sump and oil separator, an oil cooler and an oil filter.

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the weight of a specified artificial contaminant that must be added to the influent to produce a given differential pressure across a filter at specified conditions. Used as an indication of relative service life.

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Is the volume of a given weight of gas, usually expressed as cu ft/lb as SPT conditions.

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(1) A spar that extends from the bow of the boat. (2) A spar stretching diagonally across a four-sided fore-and-aft sail to support the peak.

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A compressor that is designed to operate at lower pressures. Usually a blower is an air compressor that operates below 2 barg, although this figure depends upon the respective manufacturer.

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A warehouse authorized by Customs authorities for storage of goods on which payment of duties is deferred until the goods are removed.

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Any person not a common carrier who, under special and individual contracts or agreements, transports passengers or property for compensation.

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A navigational tool used to measure distances on a chart.

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An amount added or deducted from base rate to make a rate to or from some other point or via another route.

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is the energy a substance possesses because of its elevation above the earth (or above some other chosen datum plane). .

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The watches aboard ship change at 4, 8, and 12 around the clock. A watch lasts four hours and at each half hour during the watch, a bell is struck. For instance, at 12:30 a.m. there is one bell for the first half hour after midnight; at 1:00 a.m. there ar ...

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