A barge which loads material dumped into it by a dredger and discharges the cargo through the bottom.

Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.

Various statements that the U.S. government requires to be displayed on export shipments. The statements specify the authorized destinations.

A person whose business is to act as an agent on behalf of the shipper. A freight forwarder frequently makes the booking reservation.

An itemized list of goods shipped to a buyer, stating quantities, prices, shipping charges, etc.

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

Knees placed in the forward part of a vessel, across the stem, to unite the bows on each side. (See PLATE 3.)

A certificate authenticated by a recognized port authority, certifying that a ship comes from a place where there is no contagious disease, and that none of her crew was infected with such a disease.

Forcing material into the seams of the planks in a boat's deck or sides to make them watertight; the material itself. Oakum was once the material used for this purpose, and was then sealed with hot pitch to prevent it from rotting. Today there are polymer ...

The tendency in a boat to keep an upright position or to return to it when careened over.

Type of wrench used to tighten or loosen fire hose fittings.

Part of a ship/s side projecting upwards along the line of the weather deck or uppermost deck.

A term used to describe a chemical process in which heat is released. For example, combustion is an exothermic process because heat is released. A reaction or process that produces heat; a combustion reaction.

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 ...

In a line parallel to the ship's keel.

A knot used to form a knob in the end of a line to prevent the end from running through a block or other narrow space.

A buoy on the race course around which boats must turn.

The bearing surrounding the propeller shaft where it exits the hull.

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

TRADES Foreign-to-foreign trade carried by ships from a nation other than the two trading nations.