A call on the bo'sun's pipe at night for the hands to turn in, for silence in the messdecks, and for lights to be extinguished. Also a term used by a sailor to another to make them stop talking.

Logistics Over The Shore.

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

see Holystone

2,240 pounds (1016.05 kilograms)

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

A steamship. A ship propelled by a steam engine.

The horsepower input to the compressor shaft, or more generally to any driven machine shaft.

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

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.

Calling names of the points of the compass in order.

The act of calling for freight by truck at the consignor's shipping platform.

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

See standard air.

An urgent message used on a radio regarding the safety of people or property. A PAN PAN message is not used when there is an immediate threat to life or property, instead the MAYDAY call is used. PAN PAN situations may develop into MAYDAY situations. As w ...

An instrument designed to add lubrication into the compressed air line.

A device designed to enable accumulated liquids to be held for draining in a compressed air system.

A short length of rope secured at one end, and used in securing or checking a running rope, e.g., deck stopper, boat fall stopper, etc.

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 ...