term mainly used by companies selling small compressors because it makes their compressors look bigger than they really are. The swept volume is the actual displacement of the piston, forgetting such losses as bumping clearances, valve clearances, ring lo ...

The hull without the outside and inside plating.

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

A card labeling the 360

One of the 4 cardinal compass points. South is the direction toward the South Pole and is at 180

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.

(1) A stock of merchandise advanced to a dealer and located at his place of business, but with title remaining in the source of supply.(2) A shipment of goods to a consignee.

An order to stop hoisting.

To obtain his reaction to something.

Port/berth delays

(1) Sighting two objects in a line to indicate a course to be steered (2) The distance a boat can travel using the fuel stored aboard.

Air under pressure greater than that of the atmosphere.

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

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

Speed through the water, not "over ground".

An auxiliary volume that may be opened to the clearance space for increasing the clearance, usually temporarily, to reduce the volumetric efficiency of the compressor.

A person who deals in the selling of provisions, dried stores, etc.

Group of ships escorted along a stretch of water.

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

Abbreviation for the Railway Service "Container On Flat Car."