The pressure encountered on the return side of a system.

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.

The upward curvature of the keel towards the bow and stern.

Customer designated as party paying for services.

A schematic flow sheet showing all controls involved with the system.

A storage tank where sewage is stored until it can be removed to a treatment facility.

A government office where duties are paid, import documents filed, etc., on foreign shipments.

The same as FOB named inland carrier, except the buyer pays the transportation charge and the seller reduces the invoice by a like amount.

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

Place where cargo leaves the care and custody of carrier.

National Electrical Manufacturers Association.

Persons and property carried by transport lines.

An imaginary sphere surrounding the globe that contains the sun, moon, stars and planets.

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.

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

(1) A false keel. (2) The projection of the keel abaft the stern frame where the spindle of the rudder rests.

Contraction for "Shipper's Export Declaration."

A material (such as oil) used between moving parts of machinery to make the surfaces slippery and reduce friction.

Open ocean sailing