Logistics Over The Shore.

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

Thin sheets of copper applied to the hull of a wooden ship below the waterline to prevent the toredo worm eating the planks, and also to limit the growth of weed, barnacles or other marine life.

An inland location where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and then moved to a coastal port for loading.

Daily; occurring once a day.

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

A knot formed by taking the strands of the end of a line and tucking them over and under each other to prevent them from unraveling.

T/C remuneration

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.

When used in pricing terms such as "Ex Factory" or "Ex Dock," it signifies that the price quoted applies only at the point of origin indicated.

Location where cargo enters the care and custody of carrier.

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

To take a boat into water that is too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the bottom of the boat is resting on the ground.

A sail attached to the boom at the tack and clew, but not along the foot, or a fore-and-aft sail which is set without a boom.

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

A dimensionless flow parameter, ( Jnr/m), in which J is a significant dimension, often a diameter, n is the fluid velocity, r is mass density, and m is dynamic viscosity, all in consistent units.

The moisture content of air.

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

Funds sent by one person to another as payment.

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