Specially designed for the transport of chemicals.

A written contract between the owner of a vessel and the person desiring to employ the vessel (charterer); sets forth the terms of the arrangement such as duration of agreement, freight rate and ports involved in the trip.

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.

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

Froth of sea foam.

A vessel's station bill showing duties of crew.

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.

The rod connecting the disc to the lever on a valve.

An anchor which has become entangled with some object on the bottom, or, on weighing, has it's rode or chain wound around its stock or flukes.

Flapping (of sails)

The internal duct and filter medium support

A large balloon shaped lightweight sail used when running or reaching. Spinnakers are made of cloth very similar to that used for parachutes, which is why you may also hear them called chutes, or kites.

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.

block

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

The difference in pressure between any two points of a system or component.

Air or vapor given off or expelled as a byproduct or result of an operation or treatment process.

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

Any rope or line.