A worn out vessel.

A type of air circulation in a container. In top air units, air is drawn from the bottom of the container, filtered through the evaporator for cooling and then forced through the ducted passages along the top of the container. This type of airflow require ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

The carrier issuing transportation documents or publishing a tariff.

The space provided for stowage of provisions or other materials.

A squadron of small ships.

Kept in a neat seaman-like manner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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