B/L's Type: refers to the type of B/L being issued. Some examples are: a Memo (ME), Original (OBL), Nonnegotiable, Corrected (CBL) or Amended (AM) B/L.

A document certifying that merchandise (such as of Inspection perishable goods) was in good condition immediately prior to its shipment.- The document issued by the U.S. Coast Guard certifying an American flag vessel's compliance with applicable laws and ...

Vessel used for transporting coal.

The seaman's term for one who does not go to sea.

The distance between the seat and disc seating surfaces when a valve is open.

To unfurl.

A term for the captain, a holdover from the days when the captain was literally, and legally, the "master" of the ship and crew. His word was law.

Port where a ship discharges or receives traffic.

Heavy Oil

Merchant Broker

Unless Sooner Commenced

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All the arts and skills of boat handling, ranging from maintenence and repairs to piloting, sail handling, marlinespike work, and rigging.

A systematic summary of the terms (inflow, outflow, and storage) of the storage equation as applied to the computation of soil-moisture changes, ground-water changes, etc. An evaluation of the hydrologic balance of an area. Also called basin accounting, w ...

An instrument resulting from the combination of a thermograph and a hygrograph and furnishing, on the same chart, simultaneous time recording of ambient temperature and humidity.

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Stale B/L: A late B/L; in banking, a B/L which has passed the time deadline of the L/C and is void.

Voided B/L: Related to Consolidated B/L; those B/L's absorbed in the combining process. Different from Canceled B/L.

Abbreviation for "Forty-Foot Equivalent Units." Refers to container size standard of forty feet. Two twenty-foot containers or TEU's equal one FEU.

The main distribution pipe.