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.

A term describing the seamen of a British warship.

Heavy-weather practice of pouring oil on the sea so as to form a film on the surface, thus preventing the seas from breaking. To smooth out some difficulty.

Once the only method, other than human voice, of passing orders to men on board ship; the instructions to perform certain tasks were conveyed by different notes and pitches on the high-pitched whistle.

Scoop like devices used to direct air into and ventilate a boat.

Abbreviation for:- Port of Loading.- Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants.

Steel section running along the length of each bottom edge of a shipping container giving its structural strength.

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

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

To ease away slowly, as in a line, sheet, or falls of a tackle.

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.

Any rope or line.

Abbreviation for "Bales."

A materials handling/storage facility used for completely unitized loads in containers and/or empty containers. Commonly referred to as CY.

Wind coming from the south.

The anti-corrosive paint used on and above the waterline.

Specially designed for the transport of chemicals.

The document required by the carrier or freight forwarders to obtain (besides the data needed) authorization to issue and sign the air waybill in the name of the shipper.

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

Statement on the condition of the vessel. The sufficiency of a vessel in materials, construction, equipment, crew and outfit for the trade in which it is employed. Any sort of disrepair to the vessel by which the cargo may suffer, overloading, untrained o ...