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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