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

Transportation from one city to another as differentiated from local switching service.

When a boat has two separate fins, instead of a centerboard or keel, they are referred to as bilge boards.

Spiked pole used for propelling a barge or boat by resting its outboard end on an unyielding object.

A worn out vessel.

Water which runs down and collects in the bilges of a ship and usually becomes foul and noxious.

Certificate given to a ship arriving from a foreign port, by the port's health officer, indicating that there are no cases of disease aboard the ship and the health of all on board is good.

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.

To steer the boat more into the wind, thereby causing the sails to flap or luff.

The principal vertical timber in a ship's bow.

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

An electrical discharge caused by certain atmospheric conditions, which takes place around the rigging. Known by many other names, it was regarded by many superstitious seamen as a favorable omen, foretelling the end of stormy weather. And others believed ...

The speed and direction of the wind felt or measured when stationary. The motion of a boat will cause the wind to appear to be coming at a different direction and speed, which is known as apparent wind

British standard pipe parallel.

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

The space provided for stowage of provisions or other materials.

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

(1) The action of a line as it passes over the sheave of a block. (2) The act of easing away gently.

The tender of one lot of cargo at one time from one shipper to one consignee on one bill of lading.

In a dynamic compressor, surge limit is the capacity below which the compressor operation becomes unstable.