Place where loose or other non-containerized cargo is ungrouped for delivery.

National Electrical Manufacturers Association.

Has to do with the properties of air-water vapor mixtures in the atmosphere.

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

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

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

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.

At or in the direction of the bow. Also the fore part of the ship.

- 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.

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

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

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

Persons and property carried by transport lines.

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.

Surface which forms a shore-based interface with ships.

On square rigged ships, lines or cables attached to the ends of each yard; these are used to pivot (brace) the yards around the mast at different angles to the fore-and-aft line of the ship to make the most of the wind..

Shanties are the work songs that were used on the square-rigged ships of the Age of Sail. Their rhythms coordinated the efforts of many sailors hauling on lines.

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

Compartment in which clothing for issue to crew is stowed.