Removing cargo from a container (devanning).

A boat selling supplies, provisions, and articles to ships.

A familiar dish at sea before refrigeration was available. It was a stew of salt meat, broken biscuit, potatoes, onions and available spices.

A valve which connects the high pressure side of a compressed air system to the suction side and is adjusted so as to maintain a specific pressure on the suction side by controlled bleeding of hot gas to the suction side.

The compressor is started automatically, depending on demand. Control panel is energized with no "pre-start" cycle required, as pre-lubrication pump and buffer (seal) air are always "on". A state of pre-start exists. Steam turbine compressors are "slow-ro ...

Is the total pressure (static plus velocity) at the inlet flange of the compressor.

The truck unit into which freight is loaded as in tractor trailer combination. See Container.

A written agreement between the master of a ship and the crew concerning their employment. It includes rates of pay and capacity of each crewman, the date of commencement of the voyage and its duration.

The total electrical power input to a compressor, including drive motor, cooling fan, motors, controls, etc.

A design in which the forestay runs to the top of the mast.

The rules concerning which vessel has the right of way if there is a possibility of collision between two or more boats; written to prevent accidents and collisions; includes right of way, lights, pennants, and whistle signals

Instructions given by a shipper to a bank indicating that documents transferring title to goods should be delivered to the buyer only upon the buyer's acceptance of the attached draft.

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.

To trim the sheets in.

(1) A longitudinal crack in a mast or other spar. (2) The shivers of a sail when sailing too close to the wind. (3) As a verb, to let it out.

The point of a tide when the water is the highest.

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

A container with no sides and frame members at the front and rear. Container can be loaded from the sides and top.

A measurement. Parts per billion

To lie at anchor; to ride out; to safely weather a storm whether at anchor or underway.