A location where one carrier delivers freight to another carrier.

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

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

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

A dining room on a ship.

A rest for a cargo-boom when lowered for securing for sea.

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

Articles which are taken apart to reduce the cubic footage displaced or to make a better shipping unit and are to be re-assembled.

Loan issued against some security

A sail plan in which the main and/or mizzen, or the foresail of a schooner, is of triangular shape, very long in the luff and set from a tall mast. This is almost now universal in all sailing yachts.

Small, steep disorderly waves at rapid intervals.

(1) The points of the jaws of a boom or gaff where they embrace the mast. (2) The outer ends of the crosstrees.

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

(0.2+0.02 log10(Vc)) Vc (4d/3D)2, for passenger ships the following formula is added: 1.25 (GT+10000)/10000 (N1+(N2/10)), where Vc is the volume of cargo holds, D is the distance between ship's bottom and the uppermost deck, d is the draught N1 is the num ...

Filtration that occurs at the surface layer (as opposed to within the body depth) of the filter, and is accomplished by passing the material to be filtered over a grating, screen, sieve or membrane fabric with micro sized holes. The size of the holes in t ...

The position of an object that lies off to one side of the vessel.

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

Old expression for the engraving of the wind-rose on charts.

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.

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