Type of bulk carrier built for the carriage of coal.

A large body of fish.

The maximum cylinder volume on a working side of the piston, minus the piston displacement volume per stroke. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the displace volume.

The whole crew of a ship.

Mythical sea nymphs who charmed men with their melodious voices. Enchanted, the men would stop all work to listen and they would ultimately die of starvation because of their inability to sail any further.

Convention on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

This term is used for turbo compressors and represents the maximum flow condition. It is sometimes also referred to as stonewalling.

An agreement between parties that allows the efficient use and supply of containers. A common supply of containers available to the shipper as required.

A vessel of amy rig, mounting between 18 and 32 guns.

Is a means of transferring heat through mass flow. Also the transfer of heat within a fluid by movements within the fluid.

A stay from the stem of a boat to the end of the bowsprit used to counteract the upward pull of the forestay.

Small hole bored in cask or barrel to allow air to enter when emptying.

Watertight housing for the centerboard.

A card labeling the 360

(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 chemical element that is a heavy strong smelling greenish yellow imitating gas used as a bleach, oxidizing agent and disinfectant. Found in some ambient air conditions.

Air under pressure greater than that of the atmosphere.

An intermodal system for transporting containers by ocean and then by rail or motor to a port previously served as an allwater move (e.g., Hong Kong to New York over Seattle).

Group of ships escorted along a stretch of water.

A four-sided fore-and-aft sail set on a sprit.