A rate published on traffic moving from an interior point to a port for transshipment to a foreign country.

This is an INCO term and explains what the price quoted represents and the responsibility of the buyer and seller in relaton to arranging for the various costs associated(e.g. insurance, freight, duties) with the shipment. It is normally used in sea or ai ...

A small, heavy triangular loose-footed sail fitted aft of the mast and used primarily in very strong winds.

A building that is elongated in the east-west direction, with the majority of the windows on the south side. The area of the windows is generally limited to about 7% of the total floor area. A sun-tempered design has no added thermal mass beyond what is a ...

An insurance term referring to any defect or other characteristic of a product that could result in damage to the product without external cause (for example, instability in a chemical that could cause it to explode spontaneously). Insurance policies may ...

A set of four twistable bayonet type shear keys used as part of a spreader to pick up a container or as part of a chassis to secure the containers.

A systematic summary of the terms (inflow, outflow, and storage) of the storage equation as applied to the computation of soil-moisture changes, ground-water changes, etc. An evaluation of the hydrologic balance of an area. Also called basin accounting, w ...

Kept in a neat seaman-like manner.

There is no such thing on a boat! See Fender.

An opening in a deck, cockpit, toe-rail or gunwale to allow water to run off the deck and drain back into the sea.

A metallic pad, usually embedded in concrete, on which the compressor feet are mounted.

A system in which a working fluid is used over and over without introduction of new fluid, as in a hydronic heating system or mechanical refrigeration system.

The lowest wind speed at which a wind turbine begins producing useable power.

A power plant that produces electricity by the force of water falling through a hydro turbine that spins a generator.

The price at which a company's shares are offered to the market for the first time. When they begin.

Said of a vessel when water level has fallen from the level at which she would float, so she would be aground and need to wait for the next tide before re-floating. Also said of the water that has receded and caused a vessel to go aground.

A painted stripe along the waterline delineating the topside from the bottom paint

Abbreviation for "Destination Rail Freight Station." Same as CFS at destination, except a DRFS is operated by the rail carrier participating in the shipment.

An imaginary line around the center of the earth at 0

The point (physical and/or electrical) where two distinct data processing elements meet.