A wooden or metal pipe used to supply or to exhaust air.

Makeshift rig (emergency rig).

Restricted or prohibited intercourse due to contagious disease.

A seaman who is prone to argue, especially against recognized authority (big mouth).

Saturday and Holidays Excluded.

Hydrographic Office (UK)

Marine Engineer(ing)

Germanischer Lloyd

Dynamic Loading Approach.

Technical BulletinsUnits of measurements and conversions..

Technical BulletinsUnits of measurements and conversions..

Technical BulletinsUnits of measurements and conversions..

Shipments consisting entirely of units of a single commodity, such as cars, lumber, or scrap metal.

In a time charter, the owner is entitled to a limited time for his vessel to be off hire until such time as the vessel may be repaired or dry-docked.

A hygrometer in which the sensitive element is a strand or strands of human hair, the length of which is a function of the relative humidity of the air.

The audio-frequency signal transmitted by the Diamond-Hinman radiosonde when the baroswitch pen passes each fifteenth contact of the commutator, up to a number determined by the design of the commutator, and each fifth contact thereafter. This signal is t ...

The center of an area of high pressure, usually accompanied by anticyclonic and outward wind flow. Also known as an anticyclone.

A purchase where two or more blocks are used to increase mechanical advantage, or the power exerted on a line. (pronounced "taykle").

Stretched tight with no slack.

An anchor without stock and shaped like a mushroom.