Station, usually on the bridge, from which a ship is controlled; the act of so controlling.

Abbreviation for "Cost, Insurance, Freight And Exchange."

A device designed to remove surplus liquid from the compressed air system. Manual units range from petcock to a ball, gate or globe valve. Mechanical types consist of ball float. Electrical drains include solenoid type that is energized by a timer signal, ...

A small sail set on the mizzenmast.

The A.S.M.E. Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

Two half hitches around a spar or post. Easy way to make a line temporarily fast to a piling or post. The clove hitch can jam under heavy tension, making it difficult to untie. Worse, is its tendency to untie itself when subjected to repeated strain and r ...

A containerload of different articles in a single consignment.

A bar which projects above the coaming and which bears against a continuous rubber gasket strip set into the hatch panels of steel hatch covers in order to provide a weathertight seal.

A smaller version of the flag of the country being visited. It is flown from the starboard spreader.

This term refers to the hardness or softness of gaskets.

An expansion joint designed to take up thermal expansion.

Abbreviation for "Cost and Insurance." A price that includes the cost of the goods, the marine insurance and all transportation charges except the ocean freight to the named point of destination.

Pipe-bundle also called umbilical stalk, which bundles together different supply pipes like air, fresh water, electrical power, communicative signal pipes, through which the underwater working unit obtains the supplies from the base above water or underwa ...

An old and experienced seaman.

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 ...

The distinguishing qualities of a navigational light, including its color and whether it is fixed or flashing (and the flashing sequence).

An auxiliary volume that may be opened to the clearance space for increasing the clearance, usually temporarily, to reduce the volumetric efficiency of the compressor.

To bring a sailing vessel into the wind and change to another tack. One who is influenced to a change of opinion.

The two sides of a block. (2) Pieces of timber attached to the mast below the masthead to support the trestle trees.

Price includes commission as well as CIF.