A bank that acts as an agent to the seller's bank (the presenting bank). The collecting bank assumes no responsibility for either the documents or the merchandise.

Books covering information about coastal navigation, including navigational aids, courses, distances, anchorages and harbors.

The evolution of swinging a ship's head through several headings to obtain compass errors for the purpose of making a deviation table.

A system in which distilled water, antifreeze, and/or corrosion inhibitors are circulated through a collector and storage tank in a closed loop. Heat picked up from the collector by the circulating fluid is transferred to the storage tank through the clos ...

Lifting device attached to a crane.

Broken in.

Hypocritical smile, or sneer.

The ratio of loaded miles to empty miles.

39.37 inches (approximately).

Free from living organisms and especially micro-organisms. Usually used in food and dairy applications.

The clear, soft plastic material used for dodger window panels

Right Ascension of a celestial body is the arc of the equinoctial between Aries and the meridian of the object, always reckoning eastward from Aries.

The designation provided in a classification by which a class rate is determined.

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

A stem curving up and forward in graceful line.

An order to haul up.

Not fastened; loose. Also, to loosen or ease off.

Correct alignment of the optical parts of an instrument.

A unit used in comparing freight earnings or expenses. The amount earned from the cost of hauling a ton of freight one mile.- The movement of a ton of freight one mile.

A railroad yard with many tracks used for assembling freight trains.