Cargo loaded into a container by the shipper under shipper's supervision. When the cargo is exported, it is unloaded at the foreign pier destination.

Heavy, linked chain secured to an anchor for mooring or anchoring.

A piece of rope placed so as to confine a spar or another rope. A handle made of rope, in the form of a circle, (as the handle of a chest.) is called a becket.

Chocks which hold and anchor in place either in a locker or on deck.

The ratio of the isothermal power consumption to shaft input.

On square-rigged ships, an additional sail set in good weather outside the square sails when the wind was abaft the beam.

On older sailing ships, a heavy piece of curved timber projecting from the bow for the purpose of holding anchors in position for letting go or for securing them after weighing.

Sailing in the same direction as the wind with the wind coming from the stern.

A multihulled boat with three hulls.

A large, flat bottomed boat used to carry the mud from a dredge.

Air pressure

An attachment point for another object.

Said of a distant ship when her hull is below horizon and her masts and upper works are visible.

Cargo delivered to/from the carrier where origin/destination of the cargo is in the local area.

Determination of the dutiable value of imported merchandise by a Customs official who follows procedures outlined in their country's tariff, such as the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930.

(1) To lay a line out in coils so that it can run without fouling. (2) Folding a sail in layers on the boom.

To unload a shipping container.

Abbreviation for "Cubic Meter" (capital letters).

ACRONYM - Approach temperature. Usually the difference between cooling water temperature in to compressed air temperature out of an inter-cooler or after-cooler. Sometimes used to define oil cooler efficiency (cooling water temperature in to oil temperatu ...

Amount of time for a compressor to complete one cycle.