Space booked by shipper or charterer on a vessel but not used

A floatation device shaped like a U and thrown to people in the water in emergencies.

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 ...

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.

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

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.

The forwardmost or front part of the vessel. Opposite of Stern

Sailor's slang for anchor.

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

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

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

Are lines that supply equipment from sub headers.

Carriers' practice of dividing revenue received from through rates where joint hauls are involved. This is usually according to agreed formulae.

A device actuated by inlet static pressure and designed to open during an emergency or abnormal condition to prevent a rise of internal pressure in excess of a specified value.

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.

A buoy secured to a permanent anchor sunk deeply into the bottom.

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

A transportation arrangement in which truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to a destination. Also known as Rail Pigs.

A knot used to fasten a line or cable to the anchor.