The air compressor continues to run and air supply is matched to the demand by partial unloading. This can be accomplished by a regulator controlled floating inlet or by step unloading.

All naval officers with the rank of rear admiral (or its equivalent) and above.

To bind together in order to increase tension or to prevent from blowing loose.

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

A pneumatic percussive drill designed as a boring tool.

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 officer in charge of the watch.

Pounds per square inch, absolute.

Abbreviation for "Container Freight Station." A shipping dock where cargo is loaded ("stuffed") into or unloaded ("stripped") from containers. Generally, this involves less than containerload shipments, although small shipments destined to same consignee ...

The soft sandstone block sailors use to scrub the deck, so-called, because seamen were on their knees to use it.

Loss of effective propeller thrust caused by the blades cutting across the column of water sucked along by the propeller instead of working in it. Can also lead to heavy vibration of the vessel.

An old term for getting married.

A method of signaling and communicating using two flags held in position by the signaler, the positions of the flags denoting the meaning.

A synthetic rubber frequently used for vessel and liquid filter element gasket.

A positive displacement type compressor.

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

Practices and measures that increase energy efficiency.

A pointed spar driven into the bottom and projecting above the water; when driven at the corners of a dock, they are termed fender piles.

(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.

A closed rail freight car.