AB:

OD:

BIDEU:

M / MO:

AIS: it stands for Automatic Identification System. It is an automatic tracking

sytem that uses transceivers on ship and is used by vessel traffic services. It
is a device that can transmit and receive communications. A combined
transmiter and receiver.

ATT: it stands for American Telephone and Telegraph / Apprentice Technical

Training.

BNWAS: it stands for Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System.

CNL: it stands for Customer Notification Letter.

COGSA: it stands for Carriage of goods by sea Act. It refers to a United states
statute governing the rights and reponsibilities between shippers of cargo
and ship-owners regarding ocean shipments to and from the United states.

CPA: it stands for Closet Point of Approach. It refers to an estimated point in the
distance between two ships. It´s used to evaluate the risk of a collision
between two ships.

CLRTIS: ¿? Chronic Lower respiratory tract infections.

DPS: it stands for Damage per second / Delivery Point Sequence (US postal
Sevice)

DSC: Digital Selective Calling

GM: ¿? Metacentre Height

GYRO: it stands for Gyroscope.

ISPS: it stands for International ship and Port Facilities Security

LAT: it stands for Lowest Astronomical Tide. It is the height above the lowest
tidal wáter level, wich can be used for a level alone on the basis of the
contained locally dominant tidal conditions.

LORAN: it stands for Long Range Navigation System.

LUTs: it stands for Land use and transportantion (system).

M: ¿? Ii stands for Metacentre

MCC: it stands for Merchant Category Code.

MID: it stands for Maritime Identification Digit.

MISLE: it stands for Marine Information for safety and Law Enforcement.

MMSI: it stands for Maritime Mobile Service Identity. It referes to nine digits sent
over a radio frequency to identify ships stations.

MO: ¿? It stands for Managing Owner.

MODU: it stands for Mobile Offshore drilling Unit.

MSIS: it stands for Maritime Safety Information Service.

MTSA: it stands for Maritime Transportation security Administration.

NATO: it stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It refers to an

international treaty of military Alliance from countrys of european Union and
USA.

OIM: it stands for Offshore installation Manager

OPA: it stands for Owner´s Protective Agency.

OUVP: it stands for Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels.

PO: it stands for Post Office

SONAR: it stands for Sound Navigation and Range.

SARSAT: it stands for Search and Rescue Satellite Aided – Tracking.

RCC: it stands for Rescue Coordination Centre.

VTC: it stands for Vessel Traffic centre

VDR: it stands for Voyage Data Recorder.