A draft payable upon presentation to the drawee.

Contracts with berth CIP. NOR can be given when within commercial limits of the port

The elements and compounds that result from the combustion of a fuel.

The difference in pressure between the opening pressure and reclose pressure of a valve. May be expressed in percentage of set pressure or "psig".

In the US, financial protection of certain bank and credit union accounts by way of insurance.

Canvas or wood seat attached a halyard to raise and lower someone to work on the mast

Small birds that foretell bad weather and bad luck.

A sudden squall of wind accompanied by lightning.

A clumsy and unskilled man.

A tax payable by a company on its profits. The full rate is 30%, but there is a lower rate for.

A common measurement of the internal volume of a ship with certain spaces excluded. One ton equals 100 cubic feet; the total of all the enclosed spaces within a ship expressed in tons each of which is equivalent to 100 cubic feet.

see Chanty.

To come up more into the wind

An asset pledged as a guarantee to a lender until a loan is repaid. If the borrower defaults,.

The water level used to record data on a chart. Usually the average low tide water level. It is the level below which depths on a chart are measured, and above which keights of a tide are expressed.

Any bend or hitch which slips as a result of being improperly tied; an improvised knot which is not a recognized maritime knot as used at sea.

freezing of a piston ring in its groove in a piston engine or reciprocating compressor due to heavy deposits in the piston ring zone.

(see Feeder)

A purchase (block and tackle) for hoisting a boat to its davits.

Light displacement tonnage, lost during transhipment