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Place where cargo leaves the care and custody of carrier.

Machines in which axial vanes slide radially in an eccentrically mounted rotor.

A consolidation service, putting small shipments into containers for shipment.

Is the saturation pressure at the critical temperature.

Small marlinespike.

A stationary passage surrounding an impeller, in which velocity pressure imparted to the flow medium by the impeller is converted into static pressure.

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

Moving belt which brings a continuous supply of buckets loaded with bulk commodities.

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.

A structure erected to display a characteristic light as a warning of danger at sea and as an aid to navigation.

(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.

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

Wing-like retractable devices extending from the sides of the vessel to dampen down rolling in seas and produce a steadier, smoother, and more comfortable motion.

Goods from a captured ship which was permitted to be distributed among the captors at once.

A coating or precipitate deposited on surfaces such as water pipes, steam boilers that are in contact with hard water. Water that contains carbonates or bicarbonates of calcium or magnesium are likely to cause scale when heated.

Polyethylene or similar substance heat-treated and shrunk into an envelope around several units, thereby securing them as a single pack for presentation or to secure units on a pallet.

A load sufficient in size to fill a container either by cubic measurement or by weight.

The qualified operating pressure which is recommended for a component or a system by the manufacturer.

Chemicals containing carbon and hydrogen.