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

The method by which a racing yacht may object to the actions of a rival on the basis of a breach of the racing rules. A protest committee will hear both sides, and if the protest is upheld, the offending yacht may be penalized.

A condition of filter element loading in which contaminant spans the space between adjacent sections of a filter element, thus blocking a portion of the useful filtration.

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.

The forward part of a boat's main deck.

A system of rivers and canals along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States allowing boats to travel along them without having to go offshore.

A certified document showing the origin of goods; used in international commerce.

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

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

Customer designated as party paying for services.

To give the steersman the de-sired course to be steered.

The swell of a ship's hull around the propeller shaft.

A horn type of vent designed to let air into a cabin and keep water out.

To take down a sail quickly; the entire action of getting a sail out of the wind and furling it.

Windward side of a vessel.

The total pressure measured from absolute zero ( i.e., from an absolute vacuum).

The slight deflection of very small particles in a gas stream that occurs when rapidly moving gas molecules strike them.

CFM. An airflow measurement of volume.

Is a compression in which the temperature of a gas remains constant.

a filter element intended to be discarded and replaced after one service cycle.