An individual with specific knowledge of a harbor, canal, river or other waterway, qualified to guide vessels through the region. Some areas require that boats and ships be piloted by a licensed pilot.

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

A set of four twistable bayonet type shear keys used as part of a spreader to pick up a container or as part of a chassis to secure the containers.

Tanks carried in various parts of a ship for water ballast, for stability and to make the ship seaworthy.

The structure on deck where the donkey engine is located.

A draft that matures on a fixed date, regardless of the time of acceptance.

Abbreviation for "Destination Rail Freight Station." Same as CFS at destination, except a DRFS is operated by the rail carrier participating in the shipment.

An elevated guardrail set up at the bow of a vessel. When erected at the stern, it is called a pushpit.

An opening in a deck, cockpit, toe-rail or gunwale to allow water to run off the deck and drain back into the sea.

The fluid entering a component.

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

The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.

An imaginary line around the center of the earth at 0

A port where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and stuffed into containers but then moved to another coastal port to be waded on a vessel.

A red and white vertically striped buoy used in the United States to mark the middle of a channel. Midchannel buoys may be passed by on either side.

Pounds per square inch, differential.

A frame that supports a boat when she's hauled out of the water onto shore.

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

(1) An engine. (2) The act of using an engine to move a boat.