Compressors in which successive volumes of air or gas are confined within a closed space, and compressed. They may be either reciprocating or rotating. (Trap air and then squeeze it to the desired pressure).

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 small toggle used on a flag.

The last part of a rope or last link in an anchor chain.

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

A general nautical term for Canadians, but more especially for Nova Scotian sailing ships and men.

On a square-rigged ship, a light weather sail set next above the royal in fair weather.

A bend or hitch used to attach a line to a ring or spar so that by pulling the end of the line, the hitch will come free. This is done by passing a bight of the line under the other part so that when strain is applied the bight is jammed. A pull on the en ...

Arrangements with a steamship line to transport containerized cargo.

The mount and housing for the compass, usually located on the wheel's pedestal.

A document specifying the nation of registry of the vessel.

Decorative ropework with an even number of strands to form a herring-bone pattern.

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

(1) A point of sail between close-hauled and a run, with the wind coming from abeam. (2) A distance, or fetch. (3) Straight stretch of water between two bends in a river or channel.

A large and powerful sheet winch

An apparatus consisting of an outside shell and a sheave through which a rope may be passed (pulley).

A pair of vertical wooden or iron heads on board ship, used for securing mooring or towing lines. Similar to dock bollards.

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

A boom on a jib or staysail.