Is a process taking place without any heat exchange with the surroundings.

Articles which are taken apart to reduce the cubic footage displaced or to make a better shipping unit and are to be re-assembled.

A pneumatic device with a rotary output. Typically of a vane or rack-and-pinion construction.

To ascertain the proper course to be steered to make the desired point or port. Shark's mouth

The pressure containing stationary element that encloses the rotor and associated internal components of a compressor, including integral inlet and discharge connections.

(0.2+0.02 log10(Vc)) Vc (4d/3D)2, for passenger ships the following formula is added: 1.25 (GT+10000)/10000 (N1+(N2/10)), where Vc is the volume of cargo holds, D is the distance between ship's bottom and the uppermost deck, d is the draught N1 is the num ...

A hard-chined dinghy with flared sides, considered a useful weight-carrying work boat.

A pillar or handhold on a boat - Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.

Are lines that supply equipment from sub headers.

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.

Shipper's communication(s) to its agent and/or directly to the international water-carrier. Instructions may be varied, e.g., specific details/clauses to be printed on the B/L, directions for cargo pickup and delivery.

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 belt and line or wire used to help a crew hike out beyond the edge of a boat to counteract the boat's heel. Usually used on small vessels for racing.

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

Of, relating to, or using air. Moved by air pressure. Filled with compressed air.

Pounds per square inch, absolute.

Passing another vessel.

Swing of the boom from one side of the ship to the other when the tack is changed.

To bring a sailing vessel to a stop with her sails still set. This can be accomplished on a square rigged ship by bracing the yards aback on her foremast; on fore-and-aft rigged boats it is done by bringing her head into the wind so that the sails are no ...

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