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

Abbreviation for Container Yard.- The designation for full container receipt/delivery

Used to denote movements of cargo containers interchangeably between transport modes, i.e., motor, water, and air carriers, and where the equipment is compatible within the multiple systems.

A change in the wind direction.

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.

Placed at right angles to the keel, such as a transverse frame, transverse bulkhead, etc.

A large solid post on a wharf or pier for securing mooring lines; the same when constructed on the deck of a ship.

Steady regular winds in a belt approximately 30

Term used in a voyage charter party, e.g. vessel shall proceed to Berth 2 at Falmouth.

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

To abandon a ship at sea; to place people in a ship's boat or raft and leave them.

A metal pin by which the plating and other parts of iron and steel vessels are joined. Rivets are known by their heads, such as: Flush, pan, snap, plug, tap, countersunk, mushroom, and swollen neck.

A person who arranges for transportation of loads for a percentage of the revenue from the load.

ACRONYM - Canadian Standards Association

Hundred weight (United States, 100 pounds: U.K.,112)

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

An occasional sprinkling dashed from the top of a wave by the wind, or by its striking an object.

ANSI specification for a Compressed air supply source that meets OSHA specification # 1910.134(i)(1)(ii)requirements for breathing air.

That part of the total stroke which can be utilized repeatedly in actuator applications. It is measured starting at the compressed height and is the difference between the compressed height and the actuator height limit.