The acting of one person on behalf of another; a document authorizing one person to act on behalf of another.

Seller is responsible for the cost of placing the goods at a named point of exportation. Some European buyers use this form when they actually mean FOB vessel.

Is the reversal of flow within a dynamic compressor that takes place when the capacity being handled is reduced to a point where insufficient pressure is being generated to maintain flow. Also known as surge.

An able-bodied seamen entrusted with the steering of a vessel when entering or leaving a harbor. He is also involved with the use and upkeep of navigational equipment.

A waybill covering two or more consignments of freight.

A measurement. The international unit of energy. One joule is equal to one WATT - second or 0.737 foot pounds.

Any steel bar or column, fitted vertically, to support a deck, or any part of a ship's structure. Also called a stanchion.

Part of the standing rigging that helps to support the mast laterally by running from the top of the mast to the side of the boat. Sailboats usually have one or more shrouds on each side of the mast. Some people call them side stays

A type of flag used to identify a boater's affiliation with a yacht club or boating organization.

A heavy longitudinal timber that angles upward from the stern to support the underside of the fantail.

The large enclosed floor where the lines of a vessel are laid out and the molds or templates made.

Place where loose or other non-containerized cargo is ungrouped for delivery.

Cargo shipped in loose condition and of a homogeneous nature.Cargoes that are shipped unpackaged either dry, such as grain and ore, or liquid, such as petroleum products. Bulk service generally is not provided on a regularly scheduled basis, but rather as ...

Heavy-duty wire used to lower heavy instruments overboard from the trawl winch.

A marine insurance term meaning that the assurer will not allow payment for partial loss or damage to cargo shipments except in certain circumstances, such as stranding, sinking, collision or fire.

The pressure at which a pressure operated valve begins to pass a gas.

A statement listing the particulars of all shipments loaded for a specified voyage.

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.

That amount of time that a carrier's equipment may be used without incurring additional charges. (See Storage, Demurrage or Per Diem.)

The horsepower calculated from compressor-indicator diagrams. Applied only to displacement type compressors.