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

Course Over Ground

An auxiliary engine used for furnishing power for a variety of small mechanical chores.

This is the pressure found on the suction side of a refrigeration system.

Iron or steel straps fastened diagonally across a ship's frames to make a rigid framework.

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

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 ...

Maritime area usually specified by range of ports in which a vessel may operate

The area of calm which lies inside the trade winds near the equator.

Old legend of a Dutch skipper who, in a strong gale, swore by Donner and Blitzen that he would beat into Table Bay in spite of God's wrath. His ship foundered and he was condemned to go on sailing eternally in his attempt to reach Table Bay. There was a s ...

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.

A bulkhead, frame, or longitudinal stiffener, running fore and aft.

A compressor control mechanism designed to control performance output of the compressor to the demands of the plant process.

The practice of obtaining a crew by means of force. Crews were hard to get for long voyages, and when the unwilling shipmate regained consciousness, he found himself bound for some remote port, such as Shanghai. One who is forced to do something against h ...

(1) A ruffle on the water indicating a breath of wind during a calm (2) A twisting hitch made in the bight of a rope to form two eyes, through which the hook of a tackle is passed for hoisting purposes.

The tall, narrow, waterproof box that houses a vessel's centerboard and allows it to be retracted into the ship's hull.

In the direction the wind is blowing. A boat sailing downwind, away from the wind source with the sails let out all the way, is running with the wind.

A type of knot that tightens under load. It is formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline, or by tying around a bight in the line.

Sailing with the wind from astern, in the same direction toward which the wind is blowing

A line connecting points of equal magnetic variation on a map.