A rope made fast to an article for securing it (knife lanyard, bucket lanyard, etc.), or for setting up rigging.

Ratio of the average compressor load during a given period of time to the maximum rated load of the compressor.

A knot worked into the end of a heaving line (for weight).

The mythical god of the sea.

A cargo-discharging wharf.

A structure attached toland to which a vessel is moored. See also Pier and Dock.

To let go by unshackling, as a cable.

Inert Gas

Line of Position

Technical BulletinsUnits of measurements and conversions.

Shipowner. The formal owner of a ship. Although more and more he does not invest much money himself, but get a loan from financial institutions who trust his management. On some small ships the owner can be the captain. This was regularly the case in Gree ...

An insulated shipping container designed to carry cargoes requiring temperature control. It is fitted with a refrigeration unit which is connected to the carrying ship's electrical power supply.

The ratios, to the mean wind speed, of the average magnitudes of the component fluctuations of the wind along three mutually perpendicular axes.

Proceeding in a specified direction, or to a specified place.

The study of weather patterns in order to predict changes in the weather.

The detail on deck at night, when at anchor, to safeguard the vessel (not necessarily at the anchor; a general watch).

A type of valve in which the closing element (the gate) is a disc that moves across the stream in a groove or slot for support against pressure. A gate valve has relatively large full ports and a straight line flow pattern. Very little pressure drop howev ...

Unit of speed in navigation which is the rate of nautical mile (6,080 feet or 1,852 meters) per hour.

Securing to a dock or to a buoy, or anchoring with two anchors.

The rope used to spread the clew of head sails and to control the boom of boom sails.