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

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.

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

A line drawn on a chart, as a result of a bearing, along which the boat is positioned

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

Along or around a coast.

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

Seller is responsible for goods and preparation of export documentation until actually placed aboard the vessel.

Any time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included.

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

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.

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

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.

Finely-divided water swept from crest of waves by strong winds.

The watches aboard ship change at 4, 8, and 12 around the clock. A watch lasts four hours and at each half hour during the watch, a bell is struck. For instance, at 12:30 a.m. there is one bell for the first half hour after midnight; at 1:00 a.m. there ar ...

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Port where cargo is unloaded and enters a country.

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.

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

A device for mounting cylinders.