A transportation arrangement in which truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to a destination. Also known as Rail Pigs.

Is the total gas pressure (static plus velocity) at the discharge port of the compressor. Velocity pressure is considered only with dynamic compressors.

A legal paper or license of a boat or its captain.

Any signal that is used to indicate that a vessel is in distress and needs help. Flares, smoke, audible alarms, EPIRB, electronic beacons and others are all types of distress signals.(2) A flag display or a sound, light, or radio signal calling for assist ...

A sail having battens that run the full horizontal length of the sail.

Synonymous for all practical purposes with "Intermodal."

A bolt fitted with a ring through its eye, used for securing, running, rigging, etc.

A charge for delaying a steamer beyond a stipulated period.

SOnar Navigation and Ranging - A device which emits pulses of high frequency sound which are reflected by any solid object they encounter. The time from the emission of the pulse and the arrival of its returning echo is measured, giving a range to the obj ...

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

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

Sailing with the wind coming from the port side, with the boom on the starboard side.

Movement of crest of a progressive wave. Can also refer to radio waves.

When U.S. Customs orders shipments without entries to be kept in their custody in a bonded warehouse.

A change made either in the route of a shipment in transit (see Reconsignment) or of the entire ship.

Hinged covers for freeing ports.

The difference between the discharge pressure and the intake pressure.

An invoice provided by a supplier prior to the shipment of merchandise, informing the buyer of the kinds and quantities of goods to be sent, their value, and specifications (weight, size, etc.).

Single tariff item, established to move multiple commodities needed for a specified project, usually construction.

The operation of swinging round, by means of braces, the yards of a square rigged ship to set the sails more efficiently to the wind.