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

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

A business firm which sells its services to organizations which operate vessels

The ship that carries an admiral's flag.

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

A small channel or opening in a filter medium which allows passage of gas.

An order to make haste.

Removal of a shipment from a vessel.

(1) Said of seas that break over a vessel or over a sea wall. (2) A whale breaches when it leaps out of the water.

Wooden shoulders attached below the masthead to either side of a wooden mast which originally supported the trestle trees.

A closed rail freight car.

Abbreviation for "Currency Adjustment Factor." A charge, expressed as a percentage of a base rate, that is applied to compensate ocean carriers of currency fluctuations.

Let the sail out by easing the sheet.

The after rail at the stern of a ship. Also called a Pushpit

A trailer or semi-trailer with no sides and with the floor of the unit close to the ground.

A unit designed to separate condensate from the compressed air stream.

The rotating element of a machine and, in the case of a compressor, is composed of the impeller (impellers) and shaft, and may include shaft sleeves and a thrust balancing device.

Waves breaking over rocks or shoals. A wave that approaches shallow water, causing the wave height to exceed the depth of the water it is in, in effect tripping it. The wave changes from a smooth surge in the water to a cresting wave with water tumbling d ...

Any Boat Designed with a pointed bow and stern

A vessel formed of two or more hulls. A catamaran has two hulls, and a trimaran has three hulls.