Debts owed by a company which are due for settlement within 12 months. These include creditors and...

To place pieces of dunnage in between pieces of cargo in order to prevent shifting of the cargo.

Long wave formations during calm or light air formed by waves running into shoaling water

A machine which aspirates gas which has already been compressed and delivers the same at higher pressure.

The heat produced by sources of heat in a building (occupants, appliances, lighting, etc).

An electrical conductor/cable that carries electricity from a generator to other locations for distribution.

An order to execute a transaction in one security that depends on the price of another security..

Lie at anchor

(1) A navigator shoots the sun by using a sextant to measure its altitude. (2) A sailing vessel shoots when she forges ahead to windward with her sails luffing.

A line running from near the top of the mast, used to hold the spinnaker pole in place.

A change made either in the route of a shipment in transit (see Reconsignment) or of the entire ship.

A system of reefing a sail by partially furling it. Roller furling systems are not necessarily designed to support roller reefing.

A breakwater used as a landing pier.

Customer designated as party paying for services.

The amount by which a company's yearly dividends grow compared with the previous.

Loaded containers moving within the railroad system that are not clearly identified on any internally generated reports.

A ship builder, or one who works about a ship. Does wood carpentry on the ship and keeps ships faired. Builds launching ways and launches ship.

This is where a bank other than the issuing bank also guarantees payment under the letter of credit. It normally is used if a seller finds the issuing bank an unacceptable risk and asks his or her own bank or another acceptable bank to guarantee (confirm) ...

Meteorological information issued by a watch office concerning the occurrence or forecast of weather phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft operations.

The total pressure measured from absolute zero ( i.e., from an absolute vacuum).