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

Chest, or compartment, in which is stowed clothing for issue to crew.

A device invented by Captain Jacques Cousteau in 1943 to enable a diver to operate underwater independent from an air supply from the surface.

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

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

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 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.

To put in place of another; i.e., when an insurance company pays a claim it is placed in the same position as the payee with regard to any rights against others.

Originally meant "to stow cargo". Now, means "to search a ship carefully and thoroughly".

The principal vertical timber in a ship's bow.

Two short pieces of timber fixed horizontally fore and aft on each side of the lower masthead of a square rigged vessel and used to support the topmast, the lower crosstrees, and the top.

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

Notations made when the cargo is received at the carrier's terminal or loaded aboard a vessel. They show any irregularities in packaging or actual or suspected damage to the cargo. Exceptions are then noted on the bill of lading.

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

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

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

Navigation rules governing waters inside designated demarcation zones

Putting cargo into a container.

A set of wheels that support the front of a container; used when the automotive unit is disconnected.

The U.S. federal body charged with enforcing acts of the U.S. Congress that affect common carriers in interstate commerce. STB replaced the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1997.