A nautical guy, often a negative connotation.

Two half hitches around a spar or post. Easy way to make a line temporarily fast to a piling or post. The clove hitch can jam under heavy tension, making it difficult to untie. Worse, is its tendency to untie itself when subjected to repeated strain and r ...

The construction system employed in container vessels; permits ship containers to be stowed in a vertical line with each container supporting the one above it.

Synonymous for all practical purposes with "Intermodal."

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

Timber placed across the floor of the cargo hold to protect it from damage.

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

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

All matter consists of molecules which are in constant motion, but which are held together by molecular forces. In a solid the molecules are closely packed and arranged in such a pattern that the influence of the molecular forces is very strong. This give ...

See Owner Code.

To cast off all but one remaining line.

See Brokerage.

A nautical astronomical observation of the sun, moon, or a star, by which means a vessel's position can be determined. The sight was taken with a sextant at a specific time, determined by a chronometer.

Response to an offer which varies the terms or conditions of that offer.

Small birds that foretell bad weather and bad luck.

Contracts with berth CIP. NOR can be given when within commercial limits of the port

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

The water level used to record data on a chart. Usually the average low tide water level. It is the level below which depths on a chart are measured, and above which keights of a tide are expressed.

Said of a wind when it is light and variable in direction, not blowing steadily from any direction.

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