Maritime Abbreviation

AFFFAbbr

Aqueous Film Forming Foam — a firefighting agent used on hydrocarbon fuel fires.

Related maritime terms

Abandon ship— An emergency order for all personnel to immediately vacate the vessel and board survival c… Abeam— Directly to one side of a vessel, at a bearing of 90° from the bow. Able Bodied Seaman (AB)— A qualified deck rating with demonstrated competence above ordinary seaman level. Adrift— Floating free without being moored, anchored, or under command. Aframax— A tanker category of roughly 80,000–120,000 DWT. Aft— Towards or at the stern of a vessel. ALARPAbbr— As Low As Reasonably Practicable — a risk reduction standard. Amidships— The central region of a vessel, equidistant between bow and stern.

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