Clean B/L: A B/L which bears no superimposed clause or notation which declares a defective condition of the goods and/or the packaging.

Memo B/L: Unfreighted B/L with no charges listed.

Short Term B/L: Opposite of Long Form B/L, a B/L without the Terms & Conditions written on it. Also known as a Short Form B/L. The terms are incorporated by reference to the long form B/L.

The galley smoke-pipe (cook's stove pipe), named after The English sea captain who was noted for the scrupulous cleanliness and shine of the brass aboard his ship.

(1) The national flag. (2) A junior officer.

The front rails of the chassis that raise above the plane of the chassis and engage in the tunnel of a container leading to the connection to tractor.

A member of the ship's company.

A steadying rail of a ladder (banister).

The cubical space available for carrying cargo and passengers.

Is the internal leakage within a rotary compressor. It represents gas at least partially compressed but not delivered. It is experimentally determined and expressed in CFM to be deducted from the displacement to obtain capacity.

A rope of hemp, wire or iron leading forward or aft for supporting a mast.

A person illegally aboard and in hiding.

To ease a line to prevent it from parting or pulling, meanwhile holding the strain.

Chartering a Vessel

Marine diesel oil

Ore Bulk Oil. Large tanker able to carry dry bulk cargoes

Domestic shipping routes along a single coast.

To pull a boat with another boat, such as a tugboat towing a barge. When used as a noun, it refers to the vessel being towed.

A derelict seaman found unemployed on the waterfront, especially in a foreign country (seaman without a ship).

Freight B/L: A contract of carriage between a shipper and forwarder (who is usually a NVOCC); a non-negotiable document.