elegant, luxurious. Originally an acronym for Port Over Starboard Home. Created by British travelers to India or Australia, describing the preferred accommodations aboard ship, which lessened effects of the tropical sun on the cabins during the voyage.

A vertical post extending above the deck for securing mooring lines

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

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

On a wooden vessel, the outermost deck plank covering the gunwale. also called Covering Board

Small struts or spars extending toward the sides from one or more places along the mast. The shrouds cross the end of the spreaders, enabling the shrouds to better support the mast. Also known as crosstrees in older vessels.

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

On steam vessels has responsibility for the boilers, on diesels, the evaporators and the auxiliary equipment.

Finely-divided water swept from crest of waves by strong winds.

The place at which a shipment is received by a carrier from the shipper.

Any time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included.

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

A large body of fish.

A wire or rope contrivance placed around cargo and used to load or discharge it to/from a vessel.

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

Railcars grouped in a train by destination so that segments (blocks) can be uncoupled and routed to different destinations as the train moves through various junctions. Eliminates the need to break up a train and sort individual railcars at each junction.

BTU. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit under set conditions of temperature and pressure.

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.

A document specifying the nation of registry of the vessel.

Large ships dating back to the 17th century typically with three masts carrying rectangular sails mounted on horizontal spars called yards. A sailing-ship rig with rectangular sails set approximately at right angles to the keel line from horizontal yards.