The depth of the boat below the waterline; the amount of vertical distance from a boats water line to the bottom of it's keel.(2) The depth of water necessary to float a vessel(3) The belly or chord depth of the sail, its fullness

Under letters of credit, one or more shipments are allowed by the phrase "partial shipments permitted."

A device for measuring temperatures, consisting of lengths of two dissimilar metals or alloys that are electrically joined at one end and connected to a voltage-measuring instrument at the other end. When one junction is hotter than the other, a thermal e ...

The ratio of the actual amount of water evaporated into the atmosphere to the evaporative power. Also called relative evaporation.

Changing the consignee or destination on a bill of lading while shipment is still in transit. Diversion has substantially the same meaning.

Direct

Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull

A transducer which converts electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet regions into electrical quantities such as voltage, current, or resistance. Also called photo cell.

Person who assists in saving life or property from a vessel wrecked near the coast. Often applied to a small boat that lies in narrow waters ready to wait on a vessel, if required.

Beneath the deck

The gears that reduce engine speed to propeller speed.

A galvanic cell caused by a difference in metal ion concentration at two locations on the same metal surface.

Liquefied Natural Gas

Poland (Flag)

The angle between the sail and the apparent wind or the rudder or centerline and the water flow.

A movement where the load initiates at an origin rail ramp and terminates at a consignee's door.

To let go.

An alloy having an amorphous or glassy structure. See also amorphous solid.

Small masses of drift ice with waterways in which a vessel can sail.

The length of air flow past a wind vane required for the vane to respond to 50 percent of a step change in wind direction. Expressed in feet or meters and calculated from delay time times wind tunnel speed.