A time draft (or bill of exchange) that the drawee (payer) has accepted and is unconditionally obligated to pay at maturity.- Broadly speaking, any agreement to purchase goods under specified terms.

The bearing of a celestial body from an observer's position.

(Delivered At Frontier) (...Named Place):A Term of Sale which means the sellers fulfill their obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available, cleared for export, at the named point and placed at the frontier, but before the customs Terms of ...

A notice sent to a local or foreign buyer advising that shipment has gone forward and containing details of packing, routing, etc. A copy of the invoice is often enclosed and, if desired, a copy of the bill of lading.

Undisturbed environmental surroundings, particularly to air and temperature.

In a sailing ship carrying multiple masts, the mast set closest to the stern.

Sometimes called a pulsation damper this is a small receiver fitted on the inlet or discharge of a reciprocating compressor. The device is designed to remove the resonance from the compressor thereby reducing noise.

a filter medium primarily intended to hold soluble and insoluble contaminants on its surface by molecular adhesion.

That time during which weather that prevents working shall not count as laytime

Calculation of a loss by an average adjuster.

Negligence or fraud on the part of the Master or crew resulting in a loss to the owners.

Refers to marine matters such as an Admiralty Court.

Charges that are applied to the base tariff rate or base contract rate, e.g., bunkers, container, currency, destination/delivery.

Ratio between measured shaft power and the adiabatic compression power, referring to measured mass flow.

Lines on the Earths surface joining point where there is no magnetic variation.

The captain of the ship.

All (not just 98%) particles larger than the stated micron size have been removed from the fluid being filtered.

The hatchway nearest the stern.

The act of decoying a ship ashore by means of false lights.

Allows equipment and supplies arriving at one port to be loaded on a vessel, aircraft, etc., for its exclusive use and to be exported from the same port.