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

Pre-Cooling of intake air for compressors and Blowers.

A call to turn out of bunks.

The pressure which overcomes the total resistances in a system. It includes all losses as well as useful work.

To mark a course on a chart.

Abbreviation for "Trailer Load."

Sailor's term for being about to get married, a splice being used to join two ropes together.

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

A Latin term meaning "In proportion."

Seaman's name for a reef knot tied upside down. also called a "granny" knot.

The bearing which supports the propeller shaft where it emerges from the ship.

Stowing cargo destined for a specific location close together to avoid unnecessary cargo movement.

Cargo-securing devices mounted in the floor of containers; allow lashing and securing of cargo.

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

Surface resistance to relative motion, which slows down movement and causes heat.

A chaplain.

Removal of a shipment from a vessel.

(1) A piece of equipment used to drive piles into the ground. (2) Name given to a ship which because of her short length, cannot ride two consecutive waves, and pitches violently into the second.

The smaller of two mating or meshing gears; can be either the driving or the driven gear.