QUALIFIED MEMBERS OF THE ENGINE DEPARTMENT (Q.M.E.D.) Trained in all crafts necessary to engine maintenance (welding, refrigeration, lathe operation, die casting, electricity, pumping, water purification, oiling, evaluating engine gauges, etc.) Usually wa ...

Small lines tied between the shrouds that form steps to function as a ladder to climb the rigging.

One leg of a move without a paying cargo load. Usually refers to repositioning an empty piece of equipment.

The log mounted on the taffrail and consisting of a rotator, a log line and recording device (to measure distance run through the water).

A ship designed to carry various types of liquid cargo, from oil and gasoline to molasses, water, and vegetable oil.

To take apart or to remove from its place.

Percentage of a ship's carrying capacity that is not utilized.

A line used in mast-making to get a straight middle line on a spar.

A certificate issued by a classification society surveyor to allow a vessel to proceed after she has met with a mishap that may have affected its seaworthiness. It is frequently issued to enable a vessel to proceed, after temporary repairs have been effec ...

The loss of space caused by irregularity in the shape of packages.- Any void or empty space in a vessel or container not occupied by cargo.

Fuel consumed by the engines of a ship; compartments or tanks in a ship for fuel storage.

A legal claim upon goods for the satisfaction of some debt or duty.

Refers to carriage of goods by lighter and the charge assessed therefrom.

A metal eye permanently secured to a deck or bulkhead (for mooring any blocks and tackle).

To turn the bow away from the wind; to pay the crew.

The angle of a vessel's masts from the vertical.

The ship's certificate determining the ownership and nationality of the vessel. Relieving tackle

The main continuous deck of a ship running from fore to aft; the principle deck; the deck from which the freeboard is determined.

(See KNITTLES.)

The number of tons of 2,240 pounds that a vessel can transport of cargo, stores and bunker fuel. It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces "light" and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the "load line." ...