Abbreviations & Acronyms beginning with A:

A&G = Administrative and General Expenses

AAQS = Ambient Air Quality Standards Continued below

ABF = Aquatic Base Flow

ABS = American Bureau of Shipping

AC = Alternating Current

ACA = Annual Charge Adjustment

ACHARR = Advisory Committee on Hydrocarbons Additional Recovery Research

ACHP = Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

ACRS = Accelerated Cost Recovery System

ADIT = Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes

AF = Arctic Floater

AFFF = Aqueous film-forming foam

Aframax tanker = tanker < 80,000 dwt (average freight rate assessment)

AI = artificial island

AIS = Automatic identification system  

AL = Appraisal Licence

AMNI = Associate Member of the Nautical Institute  

Amp = Ampere

AMVER = US Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue

APCD = Air Pollution Control District

API = American Petroleum Institute

AQ = Air Quality

AQAP = Air Quality Attainment Plan

AQMD = Air Quality Management District

ARB = Air Resources Board

ARCS = Admiralty Raster Chart Service  

ARPA = Automatic Radar Plotting Aids

ASBA = Association of Ship Brokers and Agents

ASRO = Australian Shipping Registration Office

ASV = Annular Safety Valve

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