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

The structure perpendicular to the shoreline to which a vessel is secured for the purpose of loading and unloading cargo.

A manmade structure, in or around a harbor, designed to break the force of the sea, thus providing shelter.

Nautical Flag meanings can be found here.

see Holystone

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

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

A location where one carrier delivers freight to another carrier.

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

A term applied to a bracket supporting the after end of the propeller shaft and the propeller.

The relative humidity of a gas (or air) vapor mixture is the ratio of the partial pressure of the vapor to the vapor saturation pressure at the dry bulb temperature of the mixture.

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

Person authorized by transportation lines to publish tariffs or rates, rules, and regulations for their account.

The power required at the compressor drive shaft. Losses in external transmissions such as gears and belt drives are not included.

To mark a course on a chart.

A bunk which runs under the cockpit

Shipments loaded and sealed by shippers and not checked or verified by the carriers.

Pull the sail in by pulling on the sheet.

A sea with waves approaching from the stern of the boat; a sea in which the waves are moving in the same direction as the vessel