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

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

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

See Terms of Sale.

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 ...

Is the temperature at which moisture begins to condense in a compressed air system.

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

A nautical guy, often a negative connotation.

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

Synonymous for all practical purposes with "Intermodal."

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

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 ...

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

See Brokerage.

To cast off all but one remaining line.

See Owner Code.

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.

In sailboat racing, the mark or buoy that signifies one side of the starting line, opposite of the race committee boat.

Small birds that foretell bad weather and bad luck.

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