Clearance by the Health Authorities.

Attempting to import merchandise into a country at a price less than the fair market value, usually through subsidy by exporting country.

Polytetrafluorethylene.

Floating wreckage from a shipwreck.

2,240 pounds (1016.05 kilograms)

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

Heat exchangers for removing the heat of compression between stages of a compressor.

Sailing term used to indicate a sailing vessel underway with no headsails set.

A watertight cockpit with scuppers, drains, or bailers that remove water.

A call to turn out of bunks.

An ocean carrier company operating vessels not on regular runs or schedules. They call at any port where cargo may be available.

A round wood plug inserted in a hole to cover a nail, screw, or bolt.

The area of sea not under the sovereignty of nations with a seaboard.

To leave; to push a boat away from a pier or vessel's side.

Compartment in the hold of a containership into which a shipping container fits exactly.

Transverse members fitted to the bottom side rails of a container, which support the floor.

Running ashore (hitting the bot-tom).

A group of vessel operators joined together for the purpose of establishing freight rates.

Daily; occurring once a day.

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.