The process of declaring the importation of foreign-made goods into the United States for use in the United States.

Length of chain used for putting around logs or steel products.

A low vertical lip or raised section around the edge of a cockpit, hatch, etc. to prevent water on deck from running below.

ACRONYM - Compressed natural gas, primarily methane.

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.

Abbreviation for:- Port of Loading.- Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants.

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).

Fast boat used for passenger and cargo traffic in fairly sheltered waters.

A document, certified by a consular official, is required by some countries to describe a shipment. Used by Customs of the foreign country, to verify the value, quantity and nature of the cargo.

Arrangements with a steamship line to transport containerized cargo.

A navigational tool used to measure distances on a chart.

(1) Prospective course over the ground for boat to follow. (2) A strip of metal attached to a mast to take the slides affixed to the luff of a sail.

Compounds containing chlorine, fluorine or bromine, used as aerosol propellants, refrigerants, foaming agents and solvents and which, on decomposition by sunlight, produce oxides of chlorine responsible for the removal of ozone from the stratosphere.

A measure of air compressor efficiency, usually in the form of bhp/100 acfm or acfm/bhp

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

Elevated structure from which coal and other cargoes can be loaded into a vessel. Name is also given to a landing-place, or loading-place.

A hawser or line attached to an anchor.

A flag signaling that a ship is about to sail and that all should report on board. It is International Code Flag "P".

A warehouse authorized by Customs authorities for storage of goods on which payment of duties is deferred until the goods are removed.