The ship's funnel or smokestack.

A raised portion of the hull forward of the cockpit intended to prevent water entering.

States that the volume of a gas, at constant pressure, varies directly with the absolute temperature.

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).

A device for mounting cylinders.

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).

Statement on the condition of the vessel. The sufficiency of a vessel in materials, construction, equipment, crew and outfit for the trade in which it is employed. Any sort of disrepair to the vessel by which the cargo may suffer, overloading, untrained o ...

The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit weight of a substance by one degree.

(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.

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

Same as two blocks.

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

To permanently join two pieces of rope. It will not pass through a block since it increases the diameter

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.

On a bellow type air actuator, that part of the flexible member forming an annular protrusion larger than the O.D. of the end retainers or bead rings.

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.

Abbreviation for "Bales."

A boom on a jib or staysail.

The opening between the jib and the mainsail. Wind passing through this opening increases the pressure difference across the sides of the mainsail, helping to move the boat forward.

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.