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

A free port in a country divorced from Customs authority but under government control. Merchandise, except that which is prohibited, may be stored in the zone without being subject to import duty regulations.

A long sturdy pole fitted with a blunt hook at one end designed to catch a line when coming alongside a pier or mooring, to facilitate putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off.

Placing a container where required to be loaded or unloaded.

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 ...

The point (speed of sound) at which air flow through an orifice can not increase regardless of pressure drop.

The wind direction indicator on the masthead.

A set of radio, sound, and visual signals designed to aid in communications between vessels without language problems. It can be used with Morse Code, with signal pennants, and by spoken code letters.

(1) The flag traditionally flown by pirate ships. (2) The name given by sailors to the bubonic plague, whose victims were said to turn black.

A severe type of food poisoning caused by eating contaminated fish

A single outlet or limited number of outlets in a building used to connect tools or equipment to the air system.

That part of the water which is diverted from the main stream of a current and as a result flows in the opposite direction.

A marine hardware store.

A person or firm performing a consolidation service for others. The consolidator takes advantage of lower full carload (FCL) rates, and savings are passed on to shippers.

A term describing the seamen of a British warship.

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

Small, circular sheets of newly-formed ice that do not impede navigation.

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

Short lengths of line attached to the sail used to tie the extra sail out of the way when reefing.

In maritime warfare, a declaration published by a power forbidding sea-borne trade with an enemy.