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Nautical Terms Abbreviations

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LAN — Local Area Network
IT — Information Technology
LR — Lloyd's Register
VDU — Visual Display Unit
QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
DLONG — Difference in Longitude
UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
MB — Megabyte
EC — European Commission
UN — United Narions
MAIIF — Marine Accident Investigators' International Forum
IGS — Inert Gas System
EPIRB — Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon
OMBO — One-Man Bridge Operation
LOC — Letter Of Credit
UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
ISSN — International Standard Serial Number (ISO 3297)
MERSAR — Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual
P&I — Protection and Indemnity insurance
LST — Local Standard Time
HSE — Health and Safety Executive
STCW — International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
OPA 90 — Oil Pollution Act of 1990
NDT — Nondestructive Test
BFI — Baltic Freight Index
USCG — United States Coast Guard
MEO — Medium-Earth Orbit
IS — International Standard
DWT — Deadweight Ton
LOR — Letter of Readiness
DNC — Digital Nautical Chart
AIS — Automatic Identification System
BIMCO — Baltic and International Maritime Council
DGPS — Differential Global Positioning System
HSWA — Health and Safety at Work Act
WMU — World Maritime University
ECDIS — Electronic Chart Display and Information System
ABS — American Bureau of Shipping
SMC — Safety Management Certificate
MDO — Marine Diesel Oil
ECS — Electronic Chart System
CCS — China Classification Society
LW — Low Water
WL — Water Line
HP — High Pass
EEZ — Exclusive Economic Zone
HO — Hydrographic Office
OOD — Officer Of the Deck
RMT — National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers