A wooden float placed between a vessel and a dock acting as a fender.

A rope securing pieces together.

Rope made from the fibers of the abaca plant.

The frame on the keelson of boat (does not apply on ships) to which the heel of a mast is fitted.

To slack out a line made fast on board (let it out slowly).

That portion of a vessel's side near the stern.

Capable of putting to sea and able to meet sea conditions.

Federal Register (U.S.)

Frame (FRM)

International Labor Organization

Special Survey Automation.

Removal of all traces of a cargo from the tanks of a tanker normally by means of high pressure water jets.

Corrected B/L: B/L requiring any update which results in money or other financially related changes.

House B/L: B/L issued by a freight forwarder or consolidator covering a single shipment containing the names, addresses and specific description of the goods shipped.

Unique B/L Identifier: U.S. Customs' standardization: four-alpha code unique to each carrier placed in front of nine digit B/L number; APL's unique B/L Identifier is "APLU". Sea-land uses "SEAU". These prefixes are also used as the container identificatio ...

Term used by mariners for a barometer.

A cargo-carrying ship which is operated between scheduled,advertised ports of loading and discharge on a regular basis.

An opening into a tank or compartment designed to admit a man.

A partial deck at the stern above the main deck, derived from the Latin "puppio" for the sacred deck where the "pupi" or doll images of the deities were kept.

To reduce the area of a sail by making fast the reef points (used in rough weather).