Is the suction pressure attained by an ejector or positive displacement vacuum pump at zero capacity with the suction absolutely blanked off.
Seaman's term for the period of work on board ship for which he has been paid in advance when signing on.
Steel disc, that is dogged down over a porthole to secure against breakage of the glass and to prevent light from showing through.
Said of wind when exactly ahead; and of another vessel when her fore and aft line coincides with observer's line of sight.
The process of plotting a theoretical position or future position based on advancing from a known position using speed, time, and course, without aid of objects on land, of sights, etc. Term comes from deduced reckoning, abbreviated first to "ded reckonin ...
Amount payable by charterer for failing to load the quantity agreed in the contract of carriage.
The number of tons of 2,240 pounds that a vessel can transport of cargo, stores and bunker fuel. It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces "light" and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the "load line." ...
A common measure of ship carrying capacity. The number of tons (2240 lbs.) of cargo, stores and bunkers that a vessel can transport. It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces "light" and the number of tons it displaces "w ...
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