A non-profit entity that represents the interests of a number of shippers. The main focus of shippers associations is to pool the cargo volumes of members to leverage the most favorable service contract rate levels.

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

In maritime warfare, a declaration published by a power forbidding sea-borne trade with an enemy.

A metal plate, strap, or rod bolted to the hull structure to which the lower ends of shrouds and stays are attached

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

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Along or around a coast.

A small round platform, smaller than a Crow's Nest, which was placed at the top of the mast to provide a greater range of vision from a ship at sea.

A rope network.

A "C" shaped fitting which can be slipped over the boom, for example, when the sail has been roller reefed to allow the boom vang to be reattached.

The act of supporting anything by propping or shoring it up.

Point at which all of the force of the wind can be thought to concentrate; the point in the sail plan that is the balance point for all the aerodynamic forces

Abnormal, rapid reciprocating movement of the disc on the seat of a pressure relief valve.

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

Same as two blocks.

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

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

Port where cargo is unloaded and enters a country.

In sailboat racing, to have a controlling position over competitors by staying between them and the next mark or buoy - a tactical maneuver in which the lead boat stays between the trailing boat and the wind or the next mark.