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

A machine having two or more impellers operating in series on a single shaft and in single casing.

The whole crew of a ship.

Movement of a tractor, without trailer, over the highway.

Equipped to assist during offshore construction and maintenance work.

(1) Free, not entangled (2) To finalize all formalities in a Customs House.

To coil down the tail of a line on deck to present a neat appearance.

Old term for a heavy gale or hurricane.

A transportation company which provides service to the general public at published rates.

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

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

Re-fueling the vessel.

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

A public/private initiative to promote the efficiency of compressed air in the US.

A block with one end permanently attached to a surface.

A rating who tends to the pumps of an oil tanker.

Order to take off a damaged part of a vessel, to restore it to its proper shape and condition, and to replace it in position.

An anchor is said to come home when its flukes are not holding in the ground and it drags.

(1) An intermediate rank between Captain and Rear Admiral, often held by a senior captain when given extra responsibility. (2) The leader of a yacht club.

A device that changes a vapor into a liquid. Accomplished by exposing a tube containing vapor to air or by passing the tube through a water jacket.