A port free of customs duty and most customs regulations.

A tall cone shaped navigational buoy.

Reservation number used to secure equipment and act as a control number prior to completion of a B/L.

A form used to acknowledge receipt of cargo and often serves as basis for preparation of the ocean bill of lading.

Sailing term used to indicate a sailing vessel underway with no headsails set.

Back pressure.

The quantity of contaminant a filter element can trap and hold before the maximum allowable back pressure or delta P level is reached.

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

A book with a record of every occurrence and incident concerning the ship.

A person who arranges for transportation of loads for a percentage of the revenue from the load.

Introduction to a Charter Party

The space between any decks.

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

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.

The after rail at the stern of a ship. Also called a Pushpit

Abbreviation for "Cubic Meter."

A pallet designed so that the forks of a fork lift truck can be inserted from all four sides. See Fork lift.

Long Ton = 1016.05 kilogram

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

A dust-collection chamber containing numerous permeable fabric filters through which the exhaust gases pass. Finer particulates entrained in the exhaust gas stream are collected in the filters for subsequent treatment/disposal.