Recovery and reclamation of damaged, discarded or abandoned material, ships, craft and floating equipment for reuse, repair, re-fabrication or scrapping. Also the property which has been recovered from a wrecked vessel, or the recovery of the vessel herse ...

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.

A set of wheels built specifically as rear wheels under the container.

To slack off or move off; also said of a change of direction of wind, when the wind shifts to a different direction.

An anchor without stock and shaped like a mushroom.

Abbreviation for:- Port of Discharge.- Port of Destination.- Proof of Delivery. A document required from the carrier or driver for proper payment.

To save a vessel or cargo from total loss after an accident; recompense for having saved a ship or cargo from danger.

Hazardous and Noxious Substances

(See Tanker Definitions)

Philippines (flag).

Ready Reserve Force.

Dirty Petroleum Products.

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A river barge designed for the carriage of liquid bulk cargoes.

An instrument, dropped from high attitude and carried by a stable parachute. used to measure the vertical component of turbulence aloft.

Operation mode of a communication circuit in which each end can transmit and receive, but not simultaneously.

The water portion of the earth as distinguished from the solid part, called the lithosphere, and from the gaseous outer envelope, called the atmosphere.

The forward part of a vessel's sides (front).

The national ensign.