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Anchor alarm

An anchor alarm is a feature of a GPS or other electronic navigation device or a depthsounder that sounds an audible alarm when the anchor drags and the boat shifts position. To buoy the anchor is to attach a buoy to is so it and its rode can be found if they must be abandoned. The anchor watch is the crew awake and on deckas lookouts while the boat is anchored. See straight up an down and swinging room.

Combined transport

Combined transport is the term used to describe the utilisation of different modes of carriage. It normally embraces intermodal, multi-modal, bi-modal and and "road - on - rail" methods of transportation.

Agribusiness

Agribusiness is denoting to all activities that are relevant to the production, transformation / value adding, distribution and retailing of food, fibre and associated products including the provision of services such as education, banking, finance, investment and technical adviceto participants in the chain.