A bank that, in its own country, handles the business of a foreign bank.

Any rope or line.

The logic of binary systems, such as control systems in which all operations may be reduced to on-off, open-closed, or similar dichotomous basis.

The ship's funnel or smokestack.

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

Achieved when the air compressor is running at full RPM with a fully opened inlet and discharge, delivering the maximum volume at the rated pressure.

Consists of a vessel which is a combination of oil sump and oil separator, an oil cooler and an oil filter.

An articulated five-platform railcar. Used where height and weight restrictions limit the use of stack cars. It holds five 40-foot containers or combinations of 40- and 20-foot containers.

Along or around a coast.

The spiral grooves between the strands of rope after it has been laid up.

An intermodal system for transporting containers by ocean and then by rail or motor to a port previously served as an allwater move (e.g., Hong Kong to New York over Seattle).

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

In a wheel, such as a steering wheel, a spoke is a rod that extends from the hub outwards to the rim.

The internal duct and filter medium support

A device for mounting cylinders.

A traditional term in the British Navy for serving out an additional tot of rum or grog to a ship's crew. In sailing ship days the main brace was spliced (in terms of drink) in very bad weather or after a period of severe exertion by the crew.

A term describing the seamen of a British warship.

A term for a circular plank edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel.

Abbreviation for "Bales."

Is the volume of a given weight of gas, usually expressed as cu ft/lb as SPT conditions.