A person or firm who transacts all business in a port on behalf of shipowners or charterers. Also called shipping agent; agent.

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 ...

An indicator which signals the difference in pressure between any two points of a system or a component.

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

Allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be transported in bond through the U.S. to be exported from another port, without paying duty.

The erection or superstructure fitted about amidship on the upper deck of a ship. The officer's quarters, staterooms and accommodations are usually in the bridge house.

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 Latin term meaning "For the sake of form."

(1) To fill a space (room) with water; (2) A rising tide.

Sailor slang for marriage.

That amount of time that a carrier's equipment may be used without incurring additional charges. (See Storage, Demurrage or Per Diem.)

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

The penalty a seller must pay if the construction project does not meet contractual standards or deadlines.

A change in the wind direction.

A complete package of pick up or delivery services performed by a carrier from origin to final consumption point.

A bulkhead placed athwartships.

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 flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.

The horizontal movement of the water due to tide

To lower, sink deeper.