National Electrical Manufacturers Association.

To know and to be able to recite the points of a compass from north to south to north again, both clockwise and counter-clockwise.

- A hitch used for bending a line to a spar, which if tied properly, won't slip. The end of the line is passed around the spar and then passed a second time around so it rides over the standing part. Then it is carried across and up through the bight.

Are of two kinds: First, those built in permanently and part of the ship's structure, used for the reception of water ballast, fuel, oil, or liquid cargo; second, those constructed specially and removable if necessary. These vary greatly in size and shape ...

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

Abbreviation for "Standard Transportation Commodity Code."

Goods from a captured ship which was permitted to be distributed among the captors at once.

A two-masted vessel with foremast square rigged, and mainmast fore and aft rigged. Originally, a ship of brigands, or pirates.

Small, cake-shaped pieces of ice floating down rivers.

A short length of chain, usually 15 fathoms (90 feet). (Method of measuring chain.)

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

The pressure at which a pressure operated valve begins to pass a gas.

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

An enemy vessel captured at sea by a privateer or a ship of war. The term is also applied to contraband cargo taken from a merchant ship.

An adiabatic compression with no increase in entropy; a reversible-adiabatic compression.

Persons and property carried by transport lines.

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

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

Compartment in which clothing for issue to crew is stowed.

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.