This illustrated Italian/English dictionary, now in its sixth edition, translates the most common seafaring terms in use today, with reference to the IMO’s SMCP. It also includes an extensive abbreviations section.

The dictionary contains all of the most common terms relevant to seafaring: shipbuilding, navigation (celestial, electronic, hyperbolic, plain navigation), marine engines, thermodynamics, instrumentation, automation and on board systems, machine tools, types of vessels, maritime trade, coastal and deep-sea sailing, fishing and sailing.

It includes Standard Marine Communication Phrases connected with safety in ship-shore shore-ship and internship communications. There is also a list of approximately 4,000 maritime acronyms and abbreviations, an extensive reference section and essential on board forms and checklists.

Content

English – Italian iii

Preface v

Guide to using the Dictionary vii

About the Author vii

List of Abbreviations used viii

English – Italian A – Z 1

Abbreviations and Acronyms 243

Italiano – Inglese 315

Prefazione 317

Guida alla consultazione 318

L’autore 318

Lista delle abbreviazioni usate 319

Italian – English A – Z 321

Irregular verbs/Verbi irregolari 518

Appendix/Appendice 522

Forms and Checklists 567