A small boat designed to be rowed by use of its oars. Some dinghies are rowboats.

A filter assembly in which the inlet, outlet and filter element axes are in a straight line.

Circular metallic elements that ride in the grooves of a piston and provide compression sealing during combustion. Also used to spread oil for lubrication.

Lying nearly head to wind and stopped, and maintaining this position by trimming sail or working engines.

A system of reefing a sail by partially furling it. Roller furling systems are not necessarily designed to support roller reefing.

(1) To stop moving. (2) Usually air travels smoothly along both sides of a sail, but if the sail is not properly trimmed, the air can leave one of the sides of the sail and begin to stall. Stalled sails are not operating efficiently.

The most important commercial measurement when the intrinsic weight of the cargo is so low that the ship becomes full without being loaded to the cargo line. Is expressed in cubic metres or cubic feet.

Damage Free Car. Boxcars equipped with special bracing material.

Compartment in which clothing for issue to crew is stowed.

This type of insurance offers the shipper the broadest coverage available, covering against all losses that may occur in transit.

A shipment loaded into a container at the pier or terminal, thence to the consignee's facility.

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

Machine which receives dry bulk cargo. It is used for stowing sugar,ores and minerals in the holds.

The study of the earth's waters.

A vertical support for guardrails and lifelines.

Of a system (or part thereof) is its condition at an instant of time as described or measured by its properties.

On larger sailing vessels, the space between the foremast and mainmast where spare spars were stored.

The upper deck rail along both sides of a vessel to prevent anyone on board from falling overboard.

In spray painting applications, spray equipment which delivers material at a low pressure of no more than 10 PSI (at the air cap), however, with greater volume of air.