Abbreviation for "Master Container Freight Station." See CFS.

The posted bill showing stations of the crew at maneuvers and emergency drills.

Loose ends of line left hanging over a ship's side.

The marrying of two or more portions of one shipment that originate at different locations, moving under one bill of lading, from one shipper to one consignee. Authority for this service must be granted by tariff publication. See Bill of Lading.

The man stationed aloft or in the bows for observing and reporting objects seen.

The difference between the maximum extended height and the compressed height of an air actuator.

A paint applied to the boat's bottom below the waterline which contains "poisons", such as copper, to inhibit the growth of marine life such as weeds or barnacles.

Analog

A term which describes the rising of warm air above cold air when two air masses of different temperatures, humidity and pressure meet.

Force per unit area, usually expressed in pounds per square inch (PSI) or BAR.

The direction of an object from the observer's position.

The type of bottom that the anchor is set in.

The act of breaking out the flukes of an anchor if they are caught on some obstruction, preventing it from being normally weighed.

To drag the bottom for an anchor. Also, large oars used in small vessels to force them ahead.

Alert (pep it up!).

The place to which a shipment is consigned.- The place where carrier actually turns over cargo to consignee or his agent.

A propeller at the lower sea-covered part of the bow of the ship which turns at right angles to the fore-and-aft line and thus provides transverse thrust as a maneuvering aid. A propulsor installed near the bow to provide a transverse thrust component en ...

Electrical power converter; converts square-wave DC current to sine-wave AC current

Former name for the equipment of a vessel, and included the personnel.

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