Most ocean freight is billed on the basis of weight or measurement tons (W/M). Weight tons can be expressed in short tons of 2000 pounds, long tons of 2240 pounds or metric tons of 1000 kilos (2204.62 pounds). Measurement tons are usually expressed as car ...

In the US, a reputable stock with a record of consistently high dividend payments to.

After or trailing edge of a sail; the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail and the outer edges of a square sail.

Gross Tons

See 'personal equity.

A penalty charge against shippers or consignees for delaying the carrier's equipment beyond the allowed free time. The free time and demurrage charges are set forth in the charter party or freight tariff.- See also Detention and Per Diem.

Cargo containing shipments of two or more shippers or suppliers. Containerload shipments may be consolidated for one or more consignees.

Abbreviation for "Not Otherwise Indexed."

Metal strip and lead fastener used for locking freight car or truck doors. Seals are numbered for record purposes.

To store a yacht away on land for the winter

The potential of a reversible oxidation-reduction electrode measured with respect to a reference electrode, corrected to the hydrogen electrode, in a given electrolyte.

The date by which a shareholder must own shares in order to qualify for a.

The quantity of heat produced to change a unit weight of a liquid to vapor with no change in temperature.

The amount of useful energy produced by a system less the amount of energy required to produce the fuel.

A cleat designed to hold a line in place without slipping. It consists of two narrowing jaws with teeth in which the line is placed.

Any meteorological instrument, such as a radiosonde, in which the recording apparatus is located at some distance from the measuring apparatus.

A chemical compound with one or more carboxyl radicals (COOH) in its structure; examples are butyric acid, CH3(CH2)2COOH; maleic acid, HOOCCH-CHCOOH; and benzoic acid, C6H5COOH.

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The top point of the line about which the earth rotates.

Tanker, Liquefied Flammable Gases.