A tool for coupling hoses.

Individual or firm that employs longshoremen and who contracts to load or unload the ship.

100 cubic feet.

Generally refers to freight handled.

A containership which has her own crane for loading and discharging shipping containers enabling the ship to serve ports which do not have suitable lifting equipment.

Abbreviation for "centimeter."

An incentive payment paid to a carrier to loading and unloading the cargo faster than agreed. Usually negotiated only in charter parties.

To pull through water; vessels towed.

Long, narrow, flexible pieces of timber nailed to the outside of the ribs, so as to encompass the vessel lengthwise.

A quantity of cargo normally expressed as a number of tons.

Category of ships within the limit for transit of the Panama Canal.

Depth to which a ship is immersed in water. The depth varies according to the design of the ship and will be greater or lesser depending not only on the weight of the ship and everything on board, but also on the density of the water in which the ship is ...

A bulk carrier which is equipped with gear for unloading cargo.

Said of a boat that resists heeling, or returns quickly to the vertical when rolling in a heavy seaway.