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

To attach a boat to a mooring, dock, post, anchor, etc.

(1) Small boat for one or two rowers. (2) Small fishing vessel with foresail, boom mainsail, and mizzen trysail.

Environmental contaminant that ingresses due to the action of the system or machine.

During the operation of tacking, the moment when a sailing vessel is head to the wind and hanging there, with her head not paying off on the opposite tack. Such a vessel is said to be "in stays" or "in irons".

Confined to an anchorage or haven through being unable to proceed because of stormy weather.

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

The forward end of a ship's after superstructure, where the poop deck descends to the upper deck.

A small multi-pronged anchor used on dinghies and small boats. Also used to drag along the bottom to recover something that has sunk.

A tall cone shaped navigational buoy.

A slang name for a bullying officer on a ship.

Closing small leaks in a vessel's underwater body by drawing a sail, filled with oakum, underneath her.

(1) Floating, but at mercy of wind and sea. (2) Piercing the hull with a projectile. (3) Taking in sail during a calm.

The bottom of a wave, the valley between the crests.

The horsepower required to isothermally compress the air or gas delivered by the compressor at specified conditions.

Cargo shipped in loose condition and of a homogeneous nature.Cargoes that are shipped unpackaged either dry, such as grain and ore, or liquid, such as petroleum products. Bulk service generally is not provided on a regularly scheduled basis, but rather as ...

Liquefied Natural Gas, or a carrier of LNG.

(1) A round eye through which a line is led, usually in order to change the direction of pull. (2) A thick piece of glass set flush in the deck to admit light below.

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