Represents a complete record of the transaction between exporter and importer with regard to the goods sold. Also reports the content of the shipment and serves as the basis for all other documents about the shipment.

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.

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 ...

Ships which can carry both liquid and dry bulk cargoes.

A rate published to apply to a specific article or articles.

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

The captain or master of a ship.

Floor of the cockpit.

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

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

Lifting device attached to a crane.

Hypocritical smile, or sneer.

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.

A navigational light with a steady beam of light, having no intervals of darkness.

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

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.

Rate at which unsaturated air cools as it travels vertically, provided that all temperature change is adiabatic (without heat exchange), and no condensation occurs.

One whose occupation is to rig or unrig vessels.

The great circle on the celestial sphere in the plane of the earth's equator; also called the celestial equator. The sun is on the equinoctial twice a year, on the equinoxes, March 21 and September 23. On these days the sun rises at 6 a.m. and sets at 6 p ...