The point at which a price breaks out either above or below a stable established range or trendline..

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A manmade structure, in or around a harbor, designed to break the force of the sea, thus providing shelter.

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An old method of cleaning a vessels bottom by burning off weed, barnacles or other growth while the vessel was in dry dock or careened. Breaming was also known as graving.

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A docking line going at approximately a right angle from the boat to the dock, preventing movement away from the dock.

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Knees placed in the forward part of a vessel, across the stem, to unite the bows on each side. (See PLATE 3.)

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A rope passed round a man in the chains, while sounding.

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A filtering unit for vented enclosures installed to prevent dirt and foreign matter from entering the enclosure.

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Specialty compressed air treatment meeting OSHA Grade D breathing air requirements.

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The part of a block which is opposite the swallow, which is where the line enters.

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Wind with a speed between 4 and 27 knots (4 and 31 mph); Beaufort scale numbers 2 through 6.

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An agreement made in Bretton Woods, USA in 1944 which established a post war fixed currency rate.

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BRG

Bearing

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(1) The location from which a vessel is steered and its speed controlled; navigation and command center of the vessel. (2) A man made structure crossing a body of water.

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The raised platform extending athwartships, the part of the ship from which the ship is steered and navigated.

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The transverse partition between the cockpit and the cabin.

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The erection or superstructure fitted about amidship on the upper deck of a ship. The officer's quarters, staterooms and accommodations are usually in the bridge house.

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A short term. (bridging loan)

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An inland location where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and then moved to a coastal port for loading.

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A port where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and stuffed into containers but then moved to another coastal port to be waded on a vessel.

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A condition of filter element loading in which contaminant spans the space between adjacent sections of a filter element, thus blocking a portion of the useful filtration.

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