International Cargo Handling Coordination Association

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This is when a consignment is unloaded from one form of transport (lorry or ship) to another during the course of its journey from place of origin to place of destination. In a letter of credit, the buyer can say whether this is allowed or not allowed.

A hygrometer using goldbeater's skin as the sensitive element. Variations of the physical dimensions of the skin caused by its hygroscopic character indicate relative humidity. (Note: Goldbeater's skin is the prepared outside membrane of the large intesti ...

A hand hold. Usually along the cabin top or ladder.

Thread - Unified national fine.

See 'reversionary.

A Short line used to attach one thing to another - a short rope or cord that secures or attaches an item onboard a boat, usually for keeping it attached to the boat

A yard or pole extending the head or foot of the topsail beyond the topmast or gaff of a gaff-rigged boat

The transparent or opaque sphere in an electric light that the electric light transmits through.

A person in receipt of an.

A device attached to a meteorological instrument to provide ventilation; usually a suction fan.

The situation of a vessel when listed over by the wind to such an extent that she does not recover.

On square-rigged ships, a form of ceremonial salute to honor the visit of a high official. The yards were lined by men standing upon them, and there was also a man standing on the truck of each topgallant mast.

An obsolete historical term denoting a form of stress-corrosion cracking most frequently encountered in carbon steels or iron-chromium-nickel alloys that are exposed to concentrated hydroxide solutions at temperatures of 200 to 250

Yes. "Aye aye sir" is a reply on board ship on receipt of an order.

In the US, the rules under which a corporation's internal management operates. They include details.

The ability of a material to deform plastically without fracturing, measured by elongation or reduction of area in a tensile test, by height of cupping in an Erichsen test, or by other means.

The weight of an element or group of elements oxidized or reduced at 100~ efficiency by the passage of a unit quantity of electricity. Usually expressed as grams per coulomb.

An investment strategy which seeks to identify companies whose net assets per share are worth.