The operation of rinsing out a cask to prepare it for new contents. Casks were once the primary means of carrying on board the necessary water and victuals.

An order issued by a seller against a purchaser; directs payment, usually through an intermediary bank. Typical bank drafts are negotiable instruments and are similar in many ways to checks on checking accounts in a bank.

A process employed in the shipment of citrus fruits and other perishable commodities. The fruit is packed and placed in a cold room from which the heat is gradually extracted. The boxes of fruit are packed in containers that have been thoroughly cooled an ...

A cargo movement in which the water carrier provides a through service between an inland point and the port of load/discharge. The carrier is responsible for cargo and costs from origin on to destination. Also known as IPI or Through Service.

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

The wooden bit in the stem of a whaling boat around which the harpoon line was controlled.

A transportation line that hauls export or import traffic between ports and inland points.

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

To search for a sunken object by towing a grapnel along bottom.

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 switching railroad operating within a commercial area.

1) To wear a boat is the operation of bringing a sailing vessel onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern, as opposed to tacking, where the wind is brought around the bow. 2) In respect to the flying of flags, a ship flies her national fla ...

An extra or additional charge.

Abbreviation for Export-Import Bank of the United States. An independent U.S. Government Agency which facilitates exports of U.S. goods by providing loan guarantees and insurance for repayment of bank-provided export credit.

1.06 liquid U.S. quarts or 33.9 fluid ounces.

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

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

Navigation rules governing waters inside designated demarcation zones

This property is the ratio of the specific weight of air or gas to that of dry air at the same pressure and temperature.

Course Over Ground