Container freight station or a designated area where empty containers can be picked up or dropped off.

A non-commissioned naval rank. Midshipmen play a part, under supervision, in most of the ship's activities, and are in training for higher command.

In water transportation, the time it takes between the arrival of a vessel and its departure.

The process of assimilating many small shipments into one large shipment at a central point so that economies of scale may be achieved; to commence discharge of cargo.

Here are a few old superstitions of seamen: (1) When a ship was launched or about to sail on a long voyage, a libation was offered to the gods of the sea by pouring wine upon the deck so that good fortune would accompany the ship. (2) Flowers carried on b ...

A small storm jib made of very heavy cloth.

Is the lowest temperature to which oil must be heated under standardized test conditions to drive off sufficient inflammable vapour to flash when brought into contact with a flame. Flash points of petroleum based lubricants increase with increasing pressu ...

A pole used as part of the sailboat rigging, such as masts, booms, gaffs, yards, etc. A vertical spar is a mast.

(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.

An extra or additional charge.

Time after which legal claims will not be entertained

The maximum speed a hull can achieve without planing - the fastest a keelboat will go, usually dependent on length of the hull at the waterline

Carries supplies to drilling units or installations during field de-velopment or production.

The chamber located on suction side of cap tube, in which freon is evaporated to cause cooling in a refrigeration system.

An additional extra tax.

Leave the vessel.

Vibration isolation mount. Provides reductions in vibration transmission.

Mobile truck equipment with the capacity for lifting a container within its own framework.

Successive shipments are permitted under letters of credit. Usually they must take place within a given period of time.

Tanks carried in various parts of a ship for water ballast, for stability and to make the ship seaworthy.