Situated on the side from which the wind blows.

A wave resulting from the action of wind on a water surface.

A freight booking made by a skipper or freight forwarder to serve space but not actually having a specific cargo at the time the booking is made. Carriers often overbook a vessel by 10 to 20 percent in recognition that "windy booking" cargo will not act ...

A building structural element that is built onto a building's exterior along the inner edges of all the windows, and extending from the ground to the eaves. Wingwalls help ventilate rooms that have only one exterior wall which leads to poor cross ventilat ...

A general handyman in the engine room.

Whether In Port Or Not

A generic term for an electrical conductor.

An atmospheric sounding instrument which is supported by a captive balloon and used to obtain temperature and humidity data from the ground level to a height of a few thousand feet. The data is telemetered to the ground through a wire cable.

A river gauge in which a weight suspended on a wire is lowered to the water surface from a bridge or other overhead structure to measure the distance from a point of known elevation to the water surface.

Women's International Shipping and Trading Association

A phrase preceding the signature of a drawer or endorser of a negotiable instrument; signifies that the instrument is passed onto subsequent holders without any liability to the endorser in the event of nonpayment or nondelivery.

Water Line

Water Line / Top of Hatch Coaming. To see if the load/discharge gear is large and high enough to reach the hatches. As the size of the ships increased faster than the size of the berth, this is often a problem. The ship can at times be lowered by taking b ...

Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming

1.Wolrd Maritime Organization2.World Meteorological Organisation

World Maritime University

Welded Minimum Wall tubing

Winter North Atlantic

World Dredging Association

A pressure rating in psi for valves. W. Water, O. Oil, G. Gas