Arrangements with a steamship line to transport containerized cargo.

Another term for a marine railway.

The internal duct and filter medium support

A written contract between the owner of a vessel and the person desiring to employ the vessel (charterer); sets forth the terms of the arrangement such as duration of agreement, freight rate and ports involved in the trip.

All matter consists of molecules which are in constant motion, but which are held together by molecular forces. In a solid the molecules are closely packed and arranged in such a pattern that the influence of the molecular forces is very strong. This give ...

(1) A point of sail between close-hauled and a run, with the wind coming from abeam. (2) A distance, or fetch. (3) Straight stretch of water between two bends in a river or channel.

The mount and housing for the compass, usually located on the wheel's pedestal.

A term for a circular plank edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel.

A document specifying the nation of registry of the vessel.

Large ships dating back to the 17th century typically with three masts carrying rectangular sails mounted on horizontal spars called yards. A sailing-ship rig with rectangular sails set approximately at right angles to the keel line from horizontal yards.

A prime mover which is suitable only for operating the deck machinery in a light loaded condition. Example: Reeling in of an untensioned rope, or topping an unloaded derrick.

Decorative ropework with an even number of strands to form a herring-bone pattern.

(1) The flag traditionally flown by pirate ships. (2) The name given by sailors to the bubonic plague, whose victims were said to turn black.

Once the only method, other than human voice, of passing orders to men on board ship; the instructions to perform certain tasks were conveyed by different notes and pitches on the high-pitched whistle.

An apparatus consisting of an outside shell and a sheave through which a rope may be passed (pulley).

A large and powerful sheet winch

The act of supporting anything by propping or shoring it up.

the weight of a specified artificial contaminant that must be added to the influent to produce a given differential pressure across a filter at specified conditions. Used as an indication of relative service life.

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The last part of a rope or last link in an anchor chain.