A desiccant most commonly used in heat regenerative type dryers.

Making a ship just as it is about to sail.

A valve which enables pressure to be reduced, or kept constant at a desired level.

A sudden and violent gust of wind.

The highest unlicensed rating in the deck department who has immediate charge of all deck hands and who in turn comes under the direct orders of the master or chief mate or mate.

To carry sail to the full limit of strength of masts, yards, and tackles.

A volume. Cubic meters per second.

An old naval saying to indicate those young men who, through birth or connection, were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination. Their subsequent promotion was assured.

Amends the Act of 1984 to provide for confidential service contracts and other items.

A wooden wedge fitting into a drainage hole in the bottom of a boat for the purpose of draining the boat when she is out of water.

Vertical frame components fitted at the corners of the container, integral to the corner fittings and connecting the roof and floor structures. Containers are lifted and secured in a stack using the castings at the ends.

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

An articulated five-platform railcar. Used where height and weight restrictions limit the use of stack cars. It holds five 40-foot containers or combinations of 40- and 20-foot containers.

A deck dryer composed of a flat piece of wood shod with rubber, and a handle. Stanchions

The point of equilibrium of the total weight of a containership, truck, train or a piece of cargo.

A device for mounting cylinders.

To bleed is the operation of draining any water out of a buoy which may have seeped inside after long use at sea.

To cast off all but one remaining line.

Articles packed so that one rests partially or entirely within another, thereby reducing the cubic-foot displacement.

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