A device for mounting cylinders.

Port where cargo is unloaded and enters a country.

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

Flapping (of sails)

The operation of secretly bringing goods into a country to avoid paying duty on the goods. Also applies to illicit goods.

A vessel's station bill showing duties of crew.

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.

An articulated five-platform rail car that allows containers to be double stacked. A typical stack car holds ten 40-foot equivalent units (FEU's).

(1) A small coastal inlet generally protected from the worst of the prevailing winds. (2) A thin, hollowed line cut along a yacht's sheer below deck level and traditionally gilded.

Cost of goods, marine insurance and all transportation (freight) charges are paid to the foreign point of delivery by the seller.

On a square-rigged ship, the yards are square by the braces when they are at right angles to the fore-and-aft lines of the ship.

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

Place where cargo is loaded and leaves a country.

Along or around a coast.

The ship's funnel or smokestack.

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.

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.

Abbreviation for "Bales."

An additional duty imposed to offset export grants, bounties or subsidies paid to foreign suppliers in certain countries by the government of that country for the purpose of promoting export.

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.