World Dredging Association

pattern barometer-Mercurial barometer with a fixed scale and cistern and which therefore requires only one adjustment before each reading.

Hopper Dredger

A captive balloon used to maintain meteorological equipment aloft at approximately a constant height. The kytoon is streamlined and combines the aerodynamic properties of a balloon and a kite.

The international carrier is obligated to make declarations of the ship's crew and contents at both the port of departure and arrival. The vessel manifest lists various details about each shipment by B/L number. Obviously, the B/L serves as the core sourc ...

The act of striking or collision of a moving vessel against a stationary object.

Same as balloon cover.

United States Department of Agriculture

A person to whom an asset or right is.

Those parts of the ship's navigating bridge extending towards the ship's sides.

Estimated Time of Sailing

To move cargo up line to a vessel leaving sooner than the one booked. (See "Roll.")

US legislation to prevent monopolies and restraint of.

An interior court to which rooms open.

A person appointed by a principal to act on the latter's behalf in.

(1) A reduction of the anodic reaction rate of an electrode involved in corrosion. (2) The process in metal corrosion by which metals become passive. (3) The changing of a chemically active surface of' a metal to a much less reactive state. Contrast with ...

A mast that is stepped (placed) on the deck of a boat rather than through the boat and keel stepped. The mast of a deck stepped boat is usually easier to raise and lower and are usually intended for lighter conditions than keel stepped boats.

Reserve Unit Management Information System

See principal stress (normal).

A single turn of line around an object with the end being led back through the bight. It's the basis upon which many nautical knots are contructed.