An ocean carrier company operating vessels not on regular runs or schedules. They call at any port where cargo may be available.

Pieces of ice, about the size of a small house, that have broken off a glacier.

The part of a block which is opposite the swallow, which is where the line enters.

Clearance by the Health Authorities.

To touch bottom.

(1) Sailing away from the wind with the sails let out all the way; going with the wind, downwind sailing (2) To allow a line to feed freely. (3) The shape of the afterpart of the underbody of a ship in relation to the resistance it creates going through t ...

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

A port where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and stuffed into containers but then moved to another coastal port to be waded on a vessel.

DC. A continuous, one directional flow of electricity.(2) A type of electricity transmission and distribution by which electricity flows in one direction through the conductor; usually relatively low voltage and high current; typically abbreviated as dc.

Transverse members fitted to the bottom side rails of a container, which support the floor.

A hard-chined dinghy with flared sides, considered a useful weight-carrying work boat.

A metal fitting on the mast that the stays attached to the mast; a fitting on the mast for securing rigging.

Small charts showing tidal stream directions and rate of flow.

A type of air circulation in a temperature control container. Air is pulled by a fan from the top of the container, passed through the evaporator coil for cooling, and then forced through the space under the load and up through the cargo. This type of air ...

ACRONYM - MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

Heat exchangers for removing the heat of compression between stages of a compressor.

Long Ton = 1016.05 kilogram

A call to turn out of bunks.

(1) The points of the jaws of a boom or gaff where they embrace the mast. (2) The outer ends of the crosstrees.

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