A circle on a chart, showing all 360

Device for positioning one shipping container on top of another.

A transportation company which provides service to the general public at published rates.

The tackle used to adjust the clew in and out on the boom.

Absolutely calm weather with a perfectly smooth sea.

To touch the ground, with the keel, for a minute or so and then proceed again.

Food.

Abbreviation for "Cost, Insurance, Freight, Collection And Interest."

Bringing the boat from one tack to the other when sailing into the wind, so that the sail is flown in the opposite side by turning through the eye of the wind; Tack

Short waves or ripples made by a tide as it ebbs or flows over an uneven bottom, or where two currents meet at sea.

To clap on is to temporarily add something to an existing part.

Article shipped. For dangerous and hazardous cargo, the correct commodity identification is critical.

A large pin that secures one fitting to another.

A publication,such as Uniform Freight Classification (railroad) or the National Motor Freight Classification (motor carrier), that assigns ratings to various articles and provides bill of lading descriptions and rules.

Remove unnecessary things from the decks usually in preparation for oncoming bad weather.

Navigating near the coast, allowing one to find one's position by use of landmarks and other references.

The captain or master of a ship.

A kind of winch, which is applied on sweep/survey ship for receiving/ throwing and towing the sweeping apparatus and hawser, and performing of sweeping the sediments under sea.

A system in which air supply is matched to demand by the starting and stopping of the unit.

A basin for receiving a vessel for repairs, capable of being pumped dry (to repair vessel and scrape marine growth from bottom).