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UK P&I Club. The UK P&I Club is a marine mutual liability insurer in the United Kingdom providing P&I insurance for the global shipping industry. [1] [2] [3] The UK P&I Club is one of the 12 members of the International Group of P&I Clubs. [4] The club is one of the largest of the global P&I Clubs and in 2002 covered more than 100 million tons ...
SALLY (microprocessor), a customised 6502 CPU chip used in some Atari computers and games consoles. Axis Sally, the name given to female radio propaganda broadcasters for the Axis in World War II. Hurricane Sally, a devastating category 2 hurricane that impacted Florida and the central gulf coast. Viking Sally, a cruise ferry launched in 1980.
25. That a well-regulated militia is the proper and natural defence of a free government. 26. That standing armies are dangerous to liberty, and ought not to be raised or kept up, without consent of the Legislature. 27. That in all cases, and at all times, the military ought to be under strict subordination to and control of the civil power.
The word "call" is a shortened form of "call for", which means "to come and get", so "will call" literally means " (the customer) will call for (come and get) the goods." [1] In a linguistic process similar to initial-stress derived nominalization, the first syllable of the noun phrase is usually stressed (" will call") rather than the second ...
Robert FitzRoy. Original release. 24 August 1867 (by telegraph) The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecast dates back over 150 years.
Cargo ships are categorized partly by cargo or shipping capacity , partly by weight (deadweight tonnage DWT), and partly by dimensions. Maximum dimensions such as length and width ( beam ) limit the canal locks a ship can fit in, water depth ( draft ) is a limitation for canals, shallow straits or harbors and height is a limitation in order to ...
A letter of comfort, sometimes called a "letter of intent", is a communication from a party to a contract to the other party that indicates an initial willingness to enter into a contractual obligation absent the elements of a legally enforceable contract. The objective is to create a morally binding but not legally binding assurance.
The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution ( Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes". Courts and commentators have tended to discuss ...