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

Percentage of cargo or passengers carried e.g. 4000 tons carried on a vessel of 10000 capacity has a load factor of 40%

An inward structural failure of a filter element which can occur due to abnormally high pressure drop (differential pressure) or resistance to flow.

To block the wind from the sails of a boat that is to leeward; a tactical maneuver whereby a boat uses its sails to blanket the competitor's wind, slowing him down; to take wind from a sail.

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.

Port/berth delays

A long sturdy pole fitted with a blunt hook at one end designed to catch a line when coming alongside a pier or mooring, to facilitate putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off.

A sheet or halyard coiled so that it will run out quickly without becoming tangled.

The cabin roof, raised above the deck to provide headroom in the cabin. Also trunk.

A block with one end permanently attached to a surface.

Convention on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

Machines having only one impeller.

A carrier which has a direct physical connection with, or forms a link between two or more carriers.

Sophisticated, computer controlled systems that manage the mixtures of gases within a container throughout an intermodal journey reducing decay.

To communicate with a vessel in sight.

The area leading down from the deck to the cabin, usually with steps (ladder)

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

Compression in which no heat is transferred to or from the gas during the compression process.

A common measurement of the internal volume of a ship with certain spaces excluded. One ton equals 100 cubic feet; the total of all the enclosed spaces within a ship expressed in tons each of which is equivalent to 100 cubic feet.

An air operated device for hoisting or pulling. Similar to a winch