A cargo on which the transportation charge is assessed on the basis of weight.

Before the introduction of man-made fibers, much of the rope used at sea was made from manila. Made from the fibers of banana plants in the Philippines, manila did not rot when it was exposed to seawater.

Having a shape that that is not adversely affected by wind flowing past it.

A line used for suspending articles.

A type of filter capacity test in which a clogging contaminant is added to the influent of a filter, under specified test conditions, to produce a given rise in pressure drop across the filter or until a specified reduction of flow is reached. Filter life ...

A salt or ester of carbonic acid.

A rope used for securing any movable object in place

A projecting aperture at the end of a tube, pipe etc. serving as an outlet for compressed air. Reduces the demand on the compressor by generating the highest thrust and volume for the lowest possible air consumption.

A watch tackle (small, handy block and tackle for general use).

Bulk Carrier or Motorcar Carrier

Search of a vessel, by Customs authorities, for unreported goods.

The ability of a boat to keep from being moved sideways by the wind. Keels, daggerboards, centerboards, and leeboards are all used to improve a boat's lateral resistance.

Is one which 1) handles a small constant flow of liquid with the gas; 2) utilizes evaporative (injection) cooling; or 3) circulates a liquid for sealing and/or cooling. The last may or may not be evaporative cooling.

Also known as a preferred channel buoy. A red and green horizontally striped buoy used in the United States to mark the separation of a channel into two channels. The preferred channel is indicated by the color of the uppermost stripe. Red on top indicate ...

Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation Immediate Exportation.Allows merchandise that has been withdrawn from a bonded warehouse at one U.S. port to be exported from the same port exported without paying duty.

A sprocket wheel on the windlass for taking links of the chain cable.

An absolute temperature scale. The kelvin unit of thermodynamic temperature, is the fraction 1/273,16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. The triple point of water is the equilibrium temperature (0,01

The increase in pressure in the discharge header that develops as a result of flow after the pressure relief device opens

Overhanging part of a vessel's stern. The area of the upper deck of a ship that is nearest the stern.

A method of docking with a boat's stern to the dock.