Shipper's instructions to carrier for forwarding goods; usually the triplicate copy of the bill of lading.

Abbreviation for "Trailer Load."

When an anchored vessel is forced, by wind or current, to swing across her anchor so as to risk fouling it with her own cable, she is said to break sheer.

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 ...

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

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

The left side of a vessel when looking forward.

To sail towards the direction from which the wind blows by making a series of tacks. A point of sail also known as sailing close hauled.

On a square-rigged ship, the ropes which hang below a yard upon which the topmen stand while aloft furling or reefing a sail. They were supported by ropes from the yard known as "stirrups".

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

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".

Micrometer or one millionth of a meter; micron is sometimes represented in filtration by the Greek letter

Material passed into the effluent stream composed of foreign materials incorporated into the filter medium.

ACRONYM - MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

Pre-Cooling of intake air for compressors and Blowers.

A chaplain.

A person in command of a ship. A person certified as competent to command a ship. A master mariner.

A Latin term meaning "In proportion."

Used in meteorology to describe boundaries between hot and cold air masses. This is typically where bad weather is found.