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maritime law maritime law
maritime law system of law concerning navigation and overseas commerce. Because ships sail from nation to nation over seas no nation owns, nations need to seek agreement over customs related to shipping. From such agreements between nations has grown a body of customs and usages that is the basis... Read more
Maritime Provinces Maritime Provinces
Maritime Provinces or Maritimes, Canada, term applied to Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island , which before the formation of the Canadian confederation (1867) were politically distinct from Canada proper.... Read more
skiff skiff
skiff, in maritime terms a ship's working boat during the days of sail. It was usually a small clinker-built boat pulling one or two pairs of oars, used for small errands around a ship when it was in harbour. They should not be confused with the light pleasure craft used on rivers and inland... Read more
New Brunswick New Brunswick
New Brunswick province (2001 pop. 729,498), 28,345 sq mi (73,433 sq km), including 519 sq mi (1,345 sq km) of water surface, E Canada. Geography One of the Maritime Provinces, New Brunswick is bounded on the N by Chaleur Bay and Quebec prov.; on the E by the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Northumberland... Read more
kray kray
kray [Rus.,=edge], administrative and territorial unit of Russia . There are nine krays, or territories, within Russia. They are: Altai Territory , Kamchatka Territory, Khabarovsk Territory , Krasnodar Territory , Krasnoyarsk Territory , Maritime Territory , Perm Territory, Stavropol... Read more
draught draught
draught. 1. Sometimes written as draft, the depth of water a ship draws, which of course varies according to how heavily it is loaded. The legal maximum draught for British ships used to be the Plimsoll Line, but load lines, with metric markings, are now governed by an international convention... Read more
EPIRB EPIRB
EPIRB, or Electronic Position Indicator Radio Beacon, a small, floating, battery-operated, rescue device. Under the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System regulations, it is now compulsory equipment for all commercial vessels, and for all seagoing yachts. When activated manually, or... Read more
International Maritime Organization International Maritime Organization
International Maritime Organization (IMO), specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1948, with headquarters in London and 167 member nations. IMO is one of the smallest of the UN agencies. Originally called the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, it was renamed a... Read more
Inmarsat Inmarsat
Inmarsat, abbreviation for the International Mobile Satellite Organization, which was formed by a convention of the International Maritime Organization in 1975, and began operations in 1982. Inmarsat's obligations to provide maritime distress and safety services via satellite were part of the 1988... Read more

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