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

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

The act of the U.S. Congress (1916) that created the U.S. Shipping Board to develop water transportation, operate the merchant ships owned by the government, and regulate the water carriers engaged in commerce under the flag of the United States. As of Ju ...

To fill in the seams with cotton or oakum.

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

Millions of cubic feet per 24 hour.

To decorate a ship with flags in celebration of certain occasions.

Slang sailing expression for a piece of metal or shroud that can cut or stab you.

(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.

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.

(1) Generally something wrong or difficult (2) To be tangled (line) or in turmoil (air); to entangle or obstruct (3) In racing, a rules infraction

A rotating device, with two or more blades, that acts as a screw in propelling a vessel. Sometimes called a screw.

Extending a sail using a whisker pole

That geographical belt located approximately in 40 degrees south latitude in which are encountered the prevailing or stormy westerlies.

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

The point where the stem joins the forward end of the keel.

The left side of the ship.

Removing cargo from a container (devanning).

Present a rate proposal to a conference meeting for adoption as a conference group rate.