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

Is that pressure of either the motive fluid or of the ejector gas discharge which causes an ejector to become unstable.

See Brokerage.

Old sailor's term for a flat calm with no wind.

A boat with one hull.

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

Is the total pressure (static plus velocity) at the inlet flange of the compressor.

Path through open water used for commercial vessel passage and so noted on chart

A receipt for goods issued by a carrier with an indication that the goods were damaged when received. Compare Clean Bill of Lading.

Small marlinespike.

A B/L wherein the paying customer has contracted with the carrier that shipper or consignee information is not given.

The ratio of the real gas isentropic power consumption to shaft input.

Trailer on which shipping containers are carried when moved by road.

See Owner Code.

Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers

Sums paid by agent on behalf of owner at a port and recovered by disbursements account.

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

Ships time was counted by the half hour, starting at midnight. A half hour after twelve was one bell; one o'clock, two bells; and so on until four o'clock, which was eight bells. The counting then started over again, with 4

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

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