A boat with one hull.

A lift truck fitted with lifting attachments operating to one side for handling containers.

Nautical slang for the engineroom crew. Included the chief engineer, who ran the engine and supervised; oilers and wipers, who lubricated and maintained the engine; and firemen and coal-passers, who fed the steam boilers.

Shipped under a rate that includes costs of delivery to and the loading onto a carrier at a specified point.

Engineering science pertaining to gaseous pressure and flow.

Effective June 18, 1984, describes the law covering water transportation in the U.S. foreign trade.

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

A small wooden box, with lock and key, in which seamen keep sentimental valuables, stationery, and sundry small stores.

An acid carbonate.

Old term for the boat used by the captain to go ashore.

An unhandy seaman.

Turning out all hands on board ship in the morning, or calling the watch for duty on deck.

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

To measure the depth of the water with a lead. Also said of a whale when it dives to the bottom.

To go onboard, to go into a ship, or to gain access to a vessel.

The Greek god of the sea.

A distress call made by a vessel requiring assistance. These three letters were chosen because they were easy to make and read using Morse Code. Some believe the letters meant "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls".

A weather prediction.

Said of a vessel's anchor, or cable when the amount of cable out is not more than one-and-a-half times the depth of water.

On a square-rigged ship, the short pieces of line which hang from the yards and support the footropes on which the topmen stand while working aloft on the sails.