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CHIRP annual digest 2016 6th

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<strong>CHIRP</strong> Maritime<br />

7. Appendix<br />

APPENDIX I: Acronyms<br />

AIS<br />

Automatic identification system<br />

MARS<br />

MCA<br />

Marine Accident Reporting Programme<br />

Maritime and Coastguard Agency<br />

ALARP<br />

As Low as Reasonably Practical<br />

MFB<br />

Maritime FEEDBACK<br />

APREM<br />

ARPA<br />

ASD<br />

BA<br />

BCD<br />

<strong>CHIRP</strong><br />

COLREGS<br />

Appraisal, Planning, Execution,<br />

Monitoring<br />

Automatic Radar Plotting Aid<br />

Azimuth Stern Drive<br />

Breathing apparatus<br />

Bow crossing distance<br />

Confidential Hazardous Incident<br />

Reporting Programme<br />

Convention on the International<br />

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at<br />

Sea 1972<br />

MGN<br />

MLC<br />

NM<br />

NtM<br />

OOW<br />

P&I<br />

RIB<br />

SCBA<br />

SOLAS<br />

Marine Guidance Note<br />

Marine Labour Convention<br />

Nautical Mile<br />

Notice to Mariners<br />

Officer of the Watch<br />

Protection and Indemnity Insurance<br />

Rigid Inflatable boat<br />

Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus<br />

International Convention for the Safety<br />

of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974.<br />

COSWP<br />

Code of Safe Working Practices for<br />

Merchant Seafarers<br />

TCPA<br />

TSS<br />

Time to Closest Point of Approach<br />

Traffic Separation Scheme<br />

CO 2<br />

Carbon Dioxide<br />

USCG<br />

United Sates Coast Guard<br />

CPA<br />

Closest Point of Approach<br />

VHF<br />

Very high frequency (radio)<br />

ECDIS<br />

Electronic chart data information<br />

system<br />

VLCC<br />

Very large crude oil carrier<br />

EEBD<br />

Emergency Escape Breathing Devices<br />

ENC<br />

Electronic Navigation Chart<br />

ETA<br />

Estimated time of arrival<br />

GMDSS<br />

Global Maritime Distress and Safety<br />

System<br />

IMO<br />

International Maritime Organization<br />

ISGOTT<br />

International Oil Tanker and Terminal<br />

Safety Guide.<br />

MAB<br />

<strong>CHIRP</strong> Maritime Advisory Board<br />

MAIB<br />

Marine Accident Investigation Branch<br />

MARPOL<br />

International Convention for the<br />

Prevention of Pollution from Ships,<br />

1973 as modified by the Protocol of<br />

1978<br />

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