Another term for a marine railway.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

Waterproof clothing.

A vertical post extending above the deck for securing mooring lines

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

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

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

The internal duct and filter medium support

A line drawn on a chart, as a result of a bearing, along which the boat is positioned

A low vertical lip or raised section around the edge of a cockpit, hatch, etc. to prevent water on deck from running below.

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.

A metal fitting with an arm that uses a spring to close automatically when connected to another object.

Specially designed for the transport of chemicals.

ISO.

Blowdown.

Wind coming from the south.