A professional cargo loader and unloader.

Malta (Flag)

Payment made to a stockbroker when you buy or sell shares. In general, the level of commission.

The back (aftermost) part of a boat.

A covering, either permanent or removable, to admit air and light below decks.

A tool for coupling hoses.

Individual or firm that employs longshoremen and who contracts to load or unload the ship.

100 cubic feet.

Generally refers to freight handled.

International Trade Commission

Person In Charge.

A containership which has her own crane for loading and discharging shipping containers enabling the ship to serve ports which do not have suitable lifting equipment.

Abbreviation for "centimeter."

An incentive payment paid to a carrier to loading and unloading the cargo faster than agreed. Usually negotiated only in charter parties.

To pull through water; vessels towed.

Merchant Mariner/s Document (USCG)

Long, narrow, flexible pieces of timber nailed to the outside of the ribs, so as to encompass the vessel lengthwise.

A quantity of cargo normally expressed as a number of tons.

Maritime Safety Center (US Coast Guard)

Category of ships within the limit for transit of the Panama Canal.