A certificate issued as a result of an examination of competency and experience. Some refer to their USCG license as their ticket

A type of air circulation in a temperature control container. Air is pulled by a fan from the top of the container, passed through the evaporator coil for cooling, and then forced through the space under the load and up through the cargo. This type of air ...

Shoal area between two navigational channels.

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

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

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

When reciprocating compressors run, the moving parts such as pistons, rods, crossheads, connecting rods are repeatedly accelerated and retarded. These velocity changes set up pulsating inertia forces. The forces are of the first and second order. The firs ...

A device for separating solids or suspended particles in the air before they enter the air intake of the compressor and reduce intake noise as on reciprocating compressors through a silencing chamber in the filter housing.

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.

A flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.

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

An old expression meaning heartily or quickly.

A navigational aid used in the United States and Canada to mark a channel. Green triangular daymarks should be kept on the left when returning from a larger to smaller body of water.

Leaning out over the side of the boat to to counteract heel and balance it.

Any steel bar or column, fitted vertically, to support a deck, or any part of a ship's structure. Also called a stanchion.

A fix taken by taking bearings of a single object over a period of time. By using the vessel's known course and speed, the location of the vessel can be found.

The space between the two sides of the shell of a block in which the sheave is fitted.

A sailing vessel dead in the water due to lack of wind (not moving).

A Latin term meaning "For the sake of form."

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 ...