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Created OnFebruary 7, 2018
byCapt. Angad S Cheema
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The horizontal direction of the vessel’s bows at a given moment measured in degrees clockwise from north

Related:

  • Arrived ship
  • Hog (Hogging)
  • Cancelling date or Laycan
  • Course
  • Half cardinal points
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