A verb with a variety of meanings. To round in is to haul in quickly; to round up is to bring a sailing vessel head into the wind; to round down a tackle is to overhaul it; to round a mark is to pass a racing mark.

A white navigation light carried by vessels under way at night to indicate their presence and give an indication of their course.

Prepare for going to sea, extra lashing on all movable objects.

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

On a square-rigged ship, the act of lowering a spar or yard to the deck.

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.

A name usually given to a State body having control or regulation of public utilities.

Long bars or bolts with a padlock on the end, on which iron shackles could slide, which were used on board ship to confine the legs of prisoners.

Sailor's slang for anchor.

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.

Is a process taking place under constant temperature. To compress the gas from state 1 to state 2, heat must be removed to keep the temperature constant. The pressure change is reciprocal to the change in specific volume.

The act of calling for freight by truck at the consignor's shipping platform.

The gauge pressure at which a safety valve visibly and audibly opens or at setting which a relief valve discharges an unbroken stream of liquid.

Fresh water mixed with sea water, having a density between 1,000 and 1,026 kg/cm3

A knot formed by taking the strands of the end of a line and tucking them over and under each other to prevent them from unraveling.

2,204.6 pounds or 1,000 kilograms.

Complementary equipment for terminal and over the road handling containers.

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

To sail towards the direction from which the wind blows by making a series of tacks. A point of sail also known as sailing close hauled.

(1) A knot used to secure a line to another object such as a ring or cylindrical object or to another line; (2) Common term for an enlistment.