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

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

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

Where the engines of a ship are confined.

A heavy longitudinal timber placed over the keel in a ship's stern through which the propeller shaft passes.

British standard pipe parallel.

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

A device used to keep a line from slipping, such as a jamcleat.

A hand held pneumatic tool. Designed for light demolition work, digging, making holes etc.

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

A deck crew member who is subordinate to the Able Bodied Seamen.

To transfer goods from one transportation line to another, or from one ship to another.

Is the temperature at the inlet flange of the compressor.

Abbreviation for "Inland Point Intermodal." Refers to inland points (non-ports) that can be served by carriers on a through bill of lading.

Are used with ejectors to convert weight of gas and/or water vapor handled to or from equivalent air.

A figure marked on the side of merchant vessels to indicate allowed loading depths. Named after Samuel Plimsoll, English Member of Parliament and maritime reformer.