Former name for the equipment of a vessel, and included the personnel.

Those levels at and above which persons exposed to them without protection are at risk of sustaining a noise induced hearing loss.

A toilet that uses less water than a standard one during flushing, for the purpose of conserving water resources.

A sales incentive, commonly used on mortgages, which gives customers a cash sum as soon as the deal.

Stress-corrosion cracking in which the cracking occurs along grain boundaries.

The act of breaking out the flukes of an anchor if they are caught on some obstruction, preventing it from being normally weighed.

A paint applied to the boat's bottom below the waterline which contains "poisons", such as copper, to inhibit the growth of marine life such as weeds or barnacles.

One millionth of a meter (10-6 m).

A building element that provides protection against the sun, wind, and precipitation.

(EPB)The benefit which an employer must give an employee who was contracted out of the old graduated.

A company which holds the majority of shares in its subsidiaries. Also known as the parent.

To transfer goods from one transportation line to another, or from one ship to another.

The type of bottom that the anchor is set in.

A chemical used as a preservative and in bonding agents. It is found in household products such as plywood, furniture, carpets, and some types of foam insulation. It is also a by-product of combustion and is a strong-smelling, colorless gas that is an eye ...

Are used with ejectors to convert weight of gas and/or water vapor handled to or from equivalent air.

The rate of decrease of pressure per unit distance at a fixed time.

The most common of the principal rainbow phenomena, which appears as an arc of about 42

To drag the bottom for an anchor. Also, large oars used in small vessels to force them ahead.

A propeller at the lower sea-covered part of the bow of the ship which turns at right angles to the fore-and-aft line and thus provides transverse thrust as a maneuvering aid. A propulsor installed near the bow to provide a transverse thrust component en ...

A term which describes the rising of warm air above cold air when two air masses of different temperatures, humidity and pressure meet.