Any person not a common carrier who, under special and individual contracts or agreements, transports passengers or property for compensation.

To block the wind from the sails of a boat that is to leeward; a tactical maneuver whereby a boat uses its sails to blanket the competitor's wind, slowing him down; to take wind from a sail.

Abbreviation for "Completely Knocked Down." Parts and subassemblies being transported to an assembly plant.

May be "local" using a micro-processor or "remote" using a PC (Personal Computer) or "larger" computer. Only recommended where large "swings" in system (process) demand amplitude may occur. Very effective where "load shaping" is an important consideration ...

The whole crew of a ship.

any loss of performance due to the presence of contamination. Two basic types of contamination failure are: Perceptible -- gradual loss of efficiency or performance, and Catastrophic -- dramatic, unexpected failure.

An area designated for the stowage of cargoes in container; usually accessible by truck, railroad and marine transportation. Here containers are picked up, dropped off, maintained and housed.

The operation of reducing a sail by taking in one or more of the reefs.

Mythical sea nymphs who charmed men with their melodious voices. Enchanted, the men would stop all work to listen and they would ultimately die of starvation because of their inability to sail any further.

A bond covering a croup of persons, articles of properties.

Freight moving under a bond to U.S. Customs or to the Internal Revenue Service, and to be delivered only under stated conditions.

This term is used for turbo compressors and represents the maximum flow condition. It is sometimes also referred to as stonewalling.

term mainly used by companies selling small compressors because it makes their compressors look bigger than they really are. The swept volume is the actual displacement of the piston, forgetting such losses as bumping clearances, valve clearances, ring lo ...

A short length of small rope "ratline stuff" running horizontally across shrouds, for a ladder step.

A pipe of large diameter, through which the chains pass into the chain lockers.

To get spliced is slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

A cooling water supply system. There are two different types - Open and closed loop systems.

Seaman's name for the excitement on board as the ship approachs her destination, giving the crew some liberty ashore.

A compressor that is designed to operate at lower pressures. Usually a blower is an air compressor that operates below 2 barg, although this figure depends upon the respective manufacturer.

Cargo that will fit into a container and result in an economical shipment.