Removing cargo from a container (devanning).

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

(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

Stowing cargo destined for a specific location close together to avoid unnecessary cargo movement.

Long Ton = 1016.05 kilogram

A heavy longitudinal timber that angles upward from the stern to support the underside of the fantail.

A ship owned and armed by a private individual that is empowered by a government to fight with enemy ships and capture enemy shipping in time of war.

This type of clause covers merchandise if the damage amounts to three percent or more of the insured value of the package or cargo. If the vessel burns, sinks, collides, or sinks, all losses are fully covered. In marine insurance, the word average describ ...

A sleeping berth or bed.

When rope comes aboard a vessel and is put to use, it is called line, although some still call it rope if it is over one inch in diameter.

Erecting the mast on the boat. The Mast Step is a fitting which supports the bottom end of the mast at the deck or keel.

1,728 cubic inches. A volume contained in a space measuring one foot high, one foot wide and one foot long.

A position of a flag when lowered part way in salute (method of salute between vessels, like planes dipping wings).

A two-masted vessel with both masts square rigged. On the sternmost mast, the main mast, there is also a gaff sail

A government document declaring designated goods to be shipped out of the country. To be completed by the exporter and filed with the U.S. Government.

The smaller of two mating or meshing gears; can be either the driving or the driven gear.

Unit of highway motive power used to pull one or more trailers/containers.

An area of low barometric pressure. The wind circulates clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. Generally these are bad weather systems.(2)A severe recession over a lengthy.

Used to describe a light that blinks on and off, where the period of light is shorter than the period of darkness separating the flashes.