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

Watertight housing for the centerboard.

Shapes such as angle bars or stringers welded to a surface such as a plated bulkhead to increase rigidity.

A factor expressing the deviation of gas from the laws of hydraulics.

The hull without the outside and inside plating.

A rope network.

Used to confine the bowsprit down to the stem or cutwater.

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

An extension of the keel for protection of propeller and rudder.

Starboard.

A region of relatively shallow water surrounding a land mass where the depth increases gradually before it plunges into the deeps of the ocean.

(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 smaller version of the flag of the country being visited. It is flown from the starboard spreader.

To call out.

A valve that controls the flow in air lines.

To communicate with a vessel in sight.

An oil-skin hat with broad rear brim.

This property of a gas is the weight of air or gas per unit volume. Unless specified, it refers in compressor practice to the weight per unit volume at conditions of total temperature, total pressure and composition which prevail at the compressor intake.

A table designated as the area in the boat where the navigator will study charts and plot courses.

Port/berth delays