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The temperature of pure melting ice under standard atmospheric pressure on the Centigrage and R

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Friction against duct walls, internal friction in the air mass and direction variations will cause a speed reduction and are therefore called dynamic losses.

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Is obtained when the gas is cooled to first stage inlet temperature following each stage of compression.

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An old three-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.

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Revenue per day

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C/P

Charter Party

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A term stated on the bills of lading offering lower shipping rates to importers east of the Rockies, provided merchandise from the Far East comes in through the West Coast ports. OCP rates were established by U.S. West Coast steamship companies in conjunc ...

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SAE

Society of Automotive Engineers.

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I/A

Abbreviation for "Independent Action." The right of a conference member to publish a rate of tariff rule that departs from the Agreement's common rate or rule.

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Blocks on which the keel of a vessel rests when being built, or when she is in dry dock.

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DES

(Delivered Ex Ship) (...Named Port of Destination):A Term of Sale where the seller fulfills his/her obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available to the buyer on board the ship, uncleared for import at the named port of destination. The se ...

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IWL

Institute Warrant Limits

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International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. The regulations published by the IMO for transporting hazardous materials internationally.

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A pleasure vessel, a pleasure boat; in American usage the idea of size and luxury is conveyed, either sail or power.

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A measurement. Outside diameter.

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A discharge limit applied to manufacturing and commercial establishments in which only normal human sanitary wastewaters may be discharged to the municipal sewerage system. All other types of wastewater, such as that water used in manufacturing processes, ...

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Sacrificial anodes placed on a vessel to prevent electrolysis of vital metal parts.

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The distance traveled after correction for current, leeway and other errors that may not have been included in the original distance measurement.

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