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

An amount added or deducted from base rate to make a rate to or from some other point or via another route.

The action of a whale when it comes to the surface and expels the seawater it has taken in while feeding. The traditional hail of the lookout in a whaling ship when sighting this spouting water is "There she blows".

A program whereby the U.S. government attempted to offset the higher shipbuilding cost in the U.S. by paying up to 50% of the difference between cost of U.S. and nonU.S. construction. The difference went to the U.S. shipyard. It is unfunded since 1982.

Specific Power Consumption.

(1) A spar that extends from the bow of the boat. (2) A spar stretching diagonally across a four-sided fore-and-aft sail to support the peak.

A hawser or line attached to an anchor.

A device for issuing fog signals, used for giving a warning of a vessel's presence in fog. These signals are also made by lighthouses.

A fitting of wood or metal, with horns, used for securing lines (tying up).

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

is the energy a substance possesses because of its elevation above the earth (or above some other chosen datum plane). .

(1) A point of sail between close-hauled and a run, with the wind coming from abeam. (2) A distance, or fetch. (3) Straight stretch of water between two bends in a river or channel.

A valve that permits flow in one direction only.

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.

A small toggle used on a flag.

The radio operator.

A sharp-bowed sailing vessel of the mid-19th century, having tall masts and sharp lines; built for great speed; the generic name used to describe types of fast sailing ships.

A rate applicable to or from a group of points.- A special rate applicable to several different articles in a single shipment.

the weight of a specified artificial contaminant that must be added to the influent to produce a given differential pressure across a filter at specified conditions. Used as an indication of relative service life.

A bond covering a croup of persons, articles of properties.