Pipes made of heavy cast iron or steel through which the anchor chain runs; placed in the ship's bow on each side of the stem, or in some cases also at the stern when a stern anchor is used.

Abbreviation for "Uniform Freight Classification."

A partially raised deck over the engine and boiler rooms, always around the smokestack, to let the hot air and fumes escape.

Alongside

(1) The backbone of a vessel, running fore and aft along the center line of the bottom of the hull; the timber at the very bottom of the hull to which frames are attached. (2) A flat surface built into the bottom of the boat to prevent or reduce the leewa ...

Safety lines, usually of flat webbing, that run along the deck between bow and stern used to attach a tether from a safety harness.

Cost of a product before transportation costs are figured in Free on Board Free on Board means that the seller delivers when the goods pass the ship’s rail at the named port of shipment. This means that the buyer has to bear all costs and risks of loss ...

Bill of Lading

ACRONYM - National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors.

Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau.

Abbreviation for:- Against All Risks (insurance clause).- Association of American Railroads.

Barrels per day (measure of petroleum production).

Nickname for an unpopular seaman.

To tie a rope about a man and, after passing the rope under the ship and bringing it up on deck on the opposite side, haul away, dragging the man down and around the keel of the vessel. As the bottom of the ship was always covered with sharp barnacles, th ...

Four-masted sailing ship square-rigged on the two foremost masts and fore-and-aft rigged on the two after masts.

Abbreviation for the "Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits," published by the International Chamber of Commerce. This is the most frequently used standard for making payments in international trade; e.g., paying on a Letter of Credit. It i ...

Abbreviation for "Immediate Transport." The document (prepared by the carrier) allows shipment to proceed from the port of entry in the U.S. to Customs clearing at the destination. The shipment clears Customs at its final destination. Also called an "In ...

Abbreviation for "Weight or Measurement;" the basis for assessing freight charges. Also known as "worm." The rate charged under W/M will be whichever produces the highest revenue between the weight of the shipment and the measure of the shipment. ...

Stairway of inclined or vertical steps on board ship.

The point of the celestial sphere which is directly overhead.