The logic of binary systems, such as control systems in which all operations may be reduced to on-off, open-closed, or similar dichotomous basis.

The magnetic compass used by the navigator as a standard.

Sails that lie in the direction of the ship's length and whose luffs abut the masts or are attached to stays.

C The international temperature scale where water freezes at 0 (degrees) and boils at 100 (degrees). Also known as the centigrade scale.

A ball shaped buoy marking a navigational hazard.

A symbol placed on packages for identification purposes; generally a triangle,square, circle, etc. with letters and/or numbers and port of discharge.

A bollard with horizontal arms, forming the shape of a cross, as a means of belaying lines.

An organization established by the members of an ocean conference acts as a self-policing force with broad authority to investigate tariff violations, including authority to scrutinize all documents kept by the carriers and their personnel. Violations are ...

Center point of all underwater area of the hull where the hull's lateral resistance can be said to be centered.

A machine used to pick up and move goods loaded on pallets or skids.

A power or sailing boat used by pi-lots (men who have local knowledge of navigation hazards of ports).

Heavy canvas used as a covering.

Canvas, cloth, leather, tubing, rubber or other material placed around a line or cable to protect it from wear and abrasion

The senior engineer officer responsible for the satisfactory working and upkeep of the main and auxiliary machinery and boiler plant on board ship.

An apparatus consisting of an outside shell and a sheave through which a rope may be passed (pulley).

A vertical post extending above the deck for securing mooring lines

A severe type of food poisoning caused by eating contaminated fish

On a square-rigged ship, a light weather sail set next above the royal in fair weather.

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

A volume. Cubic meters per second.