A large body of fish.

A combination of one or more blocks and the associated tackle necessary to give a mechanical advantage. Useful for lifting heavy loads.

(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.

ACRONYM - Compressed natural gas, primarily methane.

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

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.

Amends the Act of 1984 to provide for confidential service contracts and other items.

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

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

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.

Arrangements with a steamship line to transport containerized cargo.

Is the volume of a given weight of gas, usually expressed as cu ft/lb as SPT conditions.

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

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).

A large and powerful sheet winch

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.

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

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.