Elevated structure from which coal and other cargoes can be loaded into a vessel. Name is also given to a landing-place, or loading-place.

A term which refers to contracting out of S2P (State Second Pension).

Equipped to assist during offshore construction and maintenance work.

Is the ratio of the actual volume of the gas to the volume determined according to the perfect gas law.

To call out.

A term describing the seamen of a British warship.

A valve that controls the flow in air lines.

An executive agency within the Inland Revenue. The Contributions Agency deals with all aspects of NI.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed in each cylinder or casing from initial intake pressure to final discharge pressure.

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

The shaft input per unit of compressor capacity.

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

A rating who tends to the pumps of an oil tanker.

This property of a gas is the weight of air or gas per unit volume. Unless specified, it refers in compressor practice to the weight per unit volume at conditions of total temperature, total pressure and composition which prevail at the compressor intake.

The time that the container was discharged (grounded) from the train.

Type of bulk carrier built for the carriage of coal.

A small double-pronged bendable pin used to secure a clevis pin or to keep turnbuckles from unwinding.

An extension of the keel for protection of propeller and rudder.

The maximum cylinder volume on a working side of the piston, minus the piston displacement volume per stroke. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the displace volume.

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