A letter of credit, issued by a foreign bank, whose validity has been confirmed by a domestic bank. An exporter with a confirmed letter of credit is assured of payment even if the foreign buyer or the foreign bank defaults.

Floor of the cockpit.

Used in meteorology to describe a mass of cold air moving toward a mass of warm air. Strong winds and rain typically accompany a cold front.

Ships which can carry both liquid and dry bulk cargoes.

A number of yarns, twisted together and which in turn may be twisted into rope; a rope is stranded when a strain is broken; rope may be designated by the number of strands composing. Rope is commonly three-stranded. A vessel run ashore is said to be stran ...

A ring of rope made by splicing the ends, and used for slinging weights, holding the parts of a block together, etc. A rope, wire or iron binding, encircling a block and with a thimble seized into it for taking a hook.

Refrigeration equipment attachable to an insulated container that does not have its own refrigeration unit.

Blue working overalls.

A system in which air supply is matched to demand by the starting and stopping of the unit.

A method of bending a material into an appropriate shape without heating or steaming the material first to soften it.

Lifting device attached to a crane.

The captain or master of a ship.

Abbreviation for:- Collect (cash) on Delivery.- Carried on Docket (pricing).

A device for mounting cylinders.

Hypocritical smile, or sneer.

Is a pipe coming from the top of the airline to feed air to an outlet for tools or air operated devices, so that condensation does not easily flow into the dropleg.

Correct alignment of the optical parts of an instrument.

Clean galley and mess halls, set tables, prepare salads, clean living quarters.

Strips of material temporarily holding parts of a ship in position.

One whose occupation is to rig or unrig vessels.