A bill of lading term to provide surrender of the original bill of lading before freight is released; usually associated with a shipment covered under a letter of credit.

A line secured along the deck to lay hold of in heavy weather; a line thrown on board a wreck by life-saving crew; a knotted line secured to the span between life-boat davits for the use of the crew when hoisting and lowering

An arbitrary filter efficiency rating.

Kilowatt hour - A unit of work, being the work done in one hour at the rate of 1,000 watts.

A crack or hole that accidentally admits a gas or lets it escape.

U.S. classification society which certifies seagoing vessels for compliance to standardized rules regarding construction and maintenance.

(1) To lean over to one side, due to wind pressure on the sails or crew on the side; The amount that a boat is tipped over side-to-side, relative to its normal horizontal position. (2) The after end of a ship's keel. (3) The lower end of a mast.

A short strut on a mast angled forward at about 45

On the lee side of an object, protected from the wind.

A device for applying a fine spray by compressed air.

A loop or hole which is spliced or tied on the end of a line

Said of a line that leads from its point of attachment towards the stern of the ship.

(Compressors/Gas Turbines) Is an alarm system that has maybe 3 sensors connected to it and it will require minimum of 2 of the 3 to alarm before the alarm will act. There is a controller connected that does the logic decision based on set parameters.

Namely. Used in tariffs to specify commodities.

A movable block and tackle used on board for a variety of purposes, including the handling of cargo in holds.

An electronic communications or direction finding system which uses Very High Frequency radio waves. VHF radios are the most common communications radio carried on boats, but their range is usually limited to line of sight between the transmitting and rec ...

A mat of fibers that provide a barrier to particles entrained in the flow of air or gas.

Sails, such as the spinnaker, reacher and reaching staysail used when running or reaching

the attraction to, and retention of particles in, a filter medium by electrostatic forces, or by molecular attraction between the particles and the medium.

A brand of lightweight anchor. It has pivoting flukes that dig into the ground as tension is placed on the anchor.