A measurement. The international unit of energy. One joule is equal to one WATT - second or 0.737 foot pounds.

Place where cargo leaves the care and custody of carrier.

A rope used for additional support or for additional securing, e.g., preventer stay.

Observing with the eye. Applied to a document, means examining and signing as evidence of satisfaction as to its authenticity.

Document showing contents and loading sequence of a container.

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

Abrasion, wear or damage to a line caused by rubbing against another object

The theoretical speed that a boat can travel without planing, based on the shape of its hull This speed is 1.34 times the length of a boat at its waterline. Also known as hull speed.

The cabin towards the front of the vessel.

(1) A spar. Such as a pole used to position a sail (e.g., spinnaker pole or whisker pole, which serves the same purpose for a jib). (2) One of the two points around which the earth spins, known as the north and south poles.

The Greek god of the sea.

A method of removing heat from the flowing medium by circulation of a coolant in passages built into the diaphragm.

Under U.S. tax law, a corporation created to obtain tax exemption on part of the earnings of U.S. products in foreign markets. Must be set-up as a foreign corporation with an office outside the USA.

The portion of a safety/relief valve that surrounds the spring. The spring housing.

A standard numeric code developed by the United Nations to classify commodities used in international trade, based on a hierarchy.

A weather prediction.

Sailing as close to the wind as possible with all sails full and drawing.

To collide with a vessel head on.

A nautical guy, often a negative connotation.

Goods which have been prohibited from entering a belligerent state by the declaration of a blockade.