Equipped to assist during offshore construction and maintenance work.

The compressor continuously compresses, however, when the maximum pressure is reached, the delivered air is blown off to the atmosphere instead of being fed to the receiver.

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

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.

Abbreviation for "Cost and Insurance." A price that includes the cost of the goods, the marine insurance and all transportation charges except the ocean freight to the named point of destination.

Line used for checking a vessel's way when warping her into a dock or basin.

The unit that runs continuously and matches air supply to demand, by loading and unloading the compressor.

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

A bar which projects above the coaming and which bears against a continuous rubber gasket strip set into the hatch panels of steel hatch covers in order to provide a weathertight seal.

Remove unnecessary things from the decks usually in preparation for oncoming bad weather.

Cost, Insurance, Freight, Interest and Exchange.

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.

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

Abbreviation for "Cost, Insurance, Freight." (Named Port) Same as C&F or CFR except seller also provides insurance to named destination.

A watertight bulkhead at the forepeak extending to main deck. This bulkhead prevents the entire ship from being flooded in case of a collision.

A filter unit that combines three principles to filter out oil aerosols: 1) Direct interception - A sieving action, 2) Inertial impaction - Collision with filter media fibers, 3) Diffusion -Particles travel in a spiral motion, presenting an effective fron ...

A clause in a Bill of lading which specifies the least charge that the carrier will make for issuing a lading. The charge may be a definite sum or the current charge per ton for any specified quantity.

The direction of a ship's heading as read on a compass. The compass course has added the magnetic deviation and the magnetic variation to the true course.

A windlass is a winch-like device used to assist in the raising of the anchor.

The operation of pressing oakum into a seam as a temporary measure until the seam can be properly caulked.