Abbreviations & Acronyms beginning with R:

R&D = Research and Development

RCC = Rescue coordination centre Continued below

RCCD = Reverse Circulation Centre Discharge

RCDS = Raster Chart Display Systems 

RDF = Radio direction finder  

RE = Reservoir Engineer

RENC = Regional Electronic Navigational Chart Coordinating Centre 

RF = range finder

RF = radio frequency 

RI = Royalty Interest

RINA = Registro Italiano Navale (Italian Register of Shipping)

RINA = Royal Institution of Naval Architects

RMT = National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers 

RNC = Raster Navigational Chart

RNR = Romanian Maritime Register of Shipping

ROA = Return of Assets

ROB = remain on board (cargo, bunkers) 

ROC = Reactive Organic Compounds

ROE = Return of Equity

ROFR = Right Of First Refusal

ROG = Reactive Organic Gases

ROI = Return On Investment

Ro-Ro = roll on/roll off 

ROSF = Rincon Onshore Separation Facility

ROV = Remotely Operated Vehicle

ROW = Right of way

RPM = Revolutions Per Minute 

RS = Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

RT (or R/T) = radio telegraph

RTCM = Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services  

RTU = Remote Terminal Unit

RWQCB = Regional Water Quality Control Board

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