The end of a line.

A phrase referring to the side of a ship. Goods delivered "alongside" are to be placed on the dock or barge within reach of the transport ship's tackle so that they can be loaded.

To haul a shipment back over part of a route it has traveled.

Heavy substances loaded by a vessel to improve stability, trimming, sea-keeping and to increase the immersion at the propeller. Sea water ballast is commonly' loaded in most vessels in ballast tanks, positioned in compartments right at the bottom and in s ...

To Order B/L: See Negotiable B/L.

A bag filled with oil and triced over the side for making a slick in a rough sea (to keep seas from breaking).

Not properly trimmed or ballasted (not on even keel; listing).

The line painted on the side of the vessel at the water's edge to indicate the proper trim.

Rear of a container or trailer-opposite the front or nose.

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Threshold stress-intensity factor for stress-corrosion cracking. The critical plane-strain stress intensity at the onset of stress-corrosion cracking under specified conditions.

An air-launched balloon designed to be released in the eye of a tropical cyclone, float within the eye at predetermined levels, and transmit radio signals for RDF positioning.

A fore-and-aft rigged sailboat with two or more masts. The aft mast is the same size or larger than the forward ones.

The ratio of the length of an anchor line, from a vessel's bow to the anchor, to the depth of the water.

Floating.

An open or covered barge towed by a tugboat and used mainly in harbors and inland waterways to carry cargo to/from alongside a vessel.

Lower

The humidity transducinu element in a Diamond-Hinman radiosonde. Also called electrolytic strip.

force wind-Wind with a speed above 64 knots (73 mph); Beaufort scale numbers 12 through 17.

The athwartships seats in a boat on which oars-men sit.