A rope of hemp, wire or iron leading forward or aft for supporting a mast.

A person illegally aboard and in hiding.

To ease a line to prevent it from parting or pulling, meanwhile holding the strain.

Lloyd's Register. British Classification Society

Cargo Tank, Common.

Chartering a Vessel

Marine diesel oil

Ore Bulk Oil. Large tanker able to carry dry bulk cargoes

(ECGD)The government department which helps companies finance exports, mainly by insuring them against the.

Domestic shipping routes along a single coast.

To pull a boat with another boat, such as a tugboat towing a barge. When used as a noun, it refers to the vessel being towed.

A derelict seaman found unemployed on the waterfront, especially in a foreign country (seaman without a ship).

Freight B/L: A contract of carriage between a shipper and forwarder (who is usually a NVOCC); a non-negotiable document.

A heavy wooden or metal fitting secured on a deck or on a dock, with jaws, used for the lead or to guide lines or cables.

Water transportation along the coast.

The depth of a ship in the water. The vertical distance between the waterline and the keel, in the U.S. expressed in feet, elsewhere in meters.

The distance from the surface of the water to the ship's keel (how deep the ship is into the water).

Broad planks used to cover a wooden vessel's sides, or covering the deck beams.

A tackle (blocks and falls).

A device used to separate air solids from the stream of air that might become a source of trouble. Adulterants caught in the strainer are blown out through an orifice fitted with a valve or plug. The strainer should be opened periodically for a thorough c ...