Near or toward the shore

An indication on a draft that the documents attached are to be released to the drawee only on payment.

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

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

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

Country, island or territory the vessel visits.

A preparatory order (wait

A small boat with the mast stepped far forward, carrying a single sail

A hitch used to join two ropes. It can be used between lines of different diameters.

The actual work required to compress and deliver a given gas quantity, including all thermodynamic, leakage and fluid friction losses. It does not include mechanical losses.

(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

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.

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

Wind-bound. When a vessel is kept in port by a head wind.

A sleeping berth or bed.

Back pressure.

A measurement. Parts per billion

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

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 ...