A boat is double banked, when two oars, one opposite the other, are pulled by men seated on the same thwart.

Charterers when cancelling agreement sometimes quote 'doctrine of frustration' i.e. vessel is lost, extensive delays.

See exfoliation corrosion.

The date on which a Bill of Exchange or Letter of Credit becomes due for payment.

The measure of seasonal or annual efficiency of a heat pump operating in the heating mode. It takes into account the variations in temperature that can occur within a season and is the average number of Btu of heat delivered for every watt-hour of electri ...

Fuel gas with a heating value of between 200 and 300 Btu per cubic foot.

When all the sails are shaking.

Maritime Transport Committee, OECD

Same as instrument shelter.

Offshore Petroleum Discharge System.

The inside center strand of rope.

A scale with the ice point at zero degrees and the boiling point of water at 80 degrees, with pressure of one atmosphere.

The average level of the oceans, used when finding water depths or land elevations.

Costs that vary directly with the level of activity within a short time. Examples include costs of moving cargo inland on trains or trucks, stevedoring in some ports, and short-term equipment leases. For business analysis, all costs are either defined as ...

Any device or instrument for measuring salinity, especially one based on electrical conductivity methods.

An abbreviation of forecastle.

Location where shipment begins its movement.

Surface having a thin, tightly adhering, oxidized skin (from straw to blue in color), extending in from the edge of a coil or sheet.

Non-Transportation Use

An architectural design (also known as the double envelope house), sometimes called a "house-within-a-house," that employs a double envelope with a continuous airspace of at least 6 to 12 inches on the north wall, south wall, roof, and floor, achieved by ...