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

A container insulated on the walls, roof, floor, and doors, to reduce the effect of external temperatures on the cargo.

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 line running from the stern of the boat to a dock or pier when moored.

Putting cargo into a container.

Is the piping between the compressor and the aftercooler, the aftercooler separator and the air receiver.

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 ...

An ornamental knot to provide a stopper on the end of a line.

A rate published on traffic moving from an interior point to a port for transshipment to a foreign country.

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.

A painted stripe along the waterline delineating the topside from the bottom paint

The erection or superstructure fitted about amidship on the upper deck of a ship. The officer's quarters, staterooms and accommodations are usually in the bridge house.

Kept in a neat seaman-like manner.

Leave the vessel.

An automatic or manual valve that causes the flow to be by passed.

The carrier issuing transportation documents or publishing a tariff.

Navigation rules governing waters inside designated demarcation zones

A flat bottomed, blunt nosed dinghy (or small boat).

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 ...

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