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

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

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.

Floating wreckage from a shipwreck.

Daily; occurring once a day.

ACRONYM - MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

Railroad terminal where containers are received or delivered and trains loaded or discharged. Originally, trailers moved onto the rearmost flatcar via a ramp and driven into position in a technique known as "circus loading." Most modern rail facilities us ...

Used in meteorology to describe boundaries between hot and cold air masses. This is typically where bad weather is found.

The latest time cargo may be delivered to a terminal for loading to a scheduled train or ship.

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 navigable water to leeward of a vessel.

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.

Calling names of the points of the compass in order.

The rate (in liters or gallons per minute, cubic meters or cubic feet per second, or other quantity per time unit) Air related flows are usually expressed in CFM, SCFM, ACFM, ICFM

Federal Maritime Commission. The U.S. Governmental regulatory body responsible for administering maritime affairs including the tariff system, Freight Forwarder Licensing, enforcing the conditions of the Shipping Act and approving conference or other carr ...

Logistics Over The Shore.

Difference between minimum and maximum pressures for an air compressor. Also called cut in-cut out or load-no load pressure range.

The state of a vessel when she is so loosened as to droop at each end.

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

A bunk which runs under the cockpit