Floating wreckage from a shipwreck.

A block and tackle attached to the boom and the deck to prevent the main from gybing when sailing downwind

A boat selling supplies, provisions, and articles to ships.

Two or more bearings are noted on the chart in order to determine the ship's position at the intersection of the two

The ability to convert energy into other forms, such as heat or chemical reaction, so that it can be retrieved for later use. Also the development, design, construction and operation of devices for storing energy until needed. Technology includes devices ...

The seller must deliver the goods to a pier and place them within reach of the ship's loading equipment. See Terms of Sale.

The naval architect's drawings of a ship showing the various sections.

To hold off a boat with a staff, boathook, long spar, etc., to prevent her from coming along too heavily. also known as Fend Off.

Words incorporated when signing under duress and not concurring entirely with import of document signed, and after stating grounds of non-concurrence.

Said of a vessel when forced to heave to or lie at anchor due to fog.

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.

The point of a tide when the water is the highest.

The rules concerning which vessel has the right of way if there is a possibility of collision between two or more boats; written to prevent accidents and collisions; includes right of way, lights, pennants, and whistle signals

To change a boat's direction, bringing the bow through the eye of the wind.

Small charts showing tidal stream directions and rate of flow.

A rest for a cargo-boom when lowered for securing for sea.

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

Allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be transported in bond through the U.S. to be exported from another port, without paying duty.

A government document which permits the "Licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.

Liquefied Natural Gas, or a carrier of LNG.