Maintenance performed after a machine has failed to return it to an operating state.

Shell or body of a ship.

The person or company who is usually the supplier or owner of commodities shipped. Also called Consignor.

The ship that carries an admiral's flag.

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

A time draft under a letter of credit that has been accepted and purchased by a bank at a discount.

Load/unload control system that tries to maximize compressor efficiency by matching air delivery and air demand. Compressor is operated at full load or idle.

Practices and measures that increase energy efficiency.

Is the energy a substance possesses by virtue of its motion or velocity. Used primarily in calculations for dynamic and ejector type compressors.

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

Flat bottomed vessel with a shallow draught.

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 ...

A rail fastened along the inside of the bulwarks of a vessel and pierced to hold belaying pins

The act of taking a ship on the high seas from those lawfully entitled to it.

A dynamic compressor. A machine in which air or gas is compressed by the mechanical action of rotating vanes or impellers imparting velocity and pressure to the air or gas. In a centrifugal compressor, flow is in a radial direction. Air enters the compres ...

Charge made for local hauling by dray or truck. Same as Cartage.

Is the unique temperature to which the air (or any gas) must be cooled in order that it shall be saturated with respect to ice.

The short aftermost raised deck of a vessel.

Resistance to flow. Defined as the difference in pressure upstream and downstream.

Shippers load and count. All three clauses are used as needed on the bill of lading to exclude the carrier from liability when the cargo is loaded by the shipper.