A loop shaped fitting attached to the deck, spar, boom, etc., used to secure a line or block to some part of the vessel.

Member of a crew who works all day but does not keep the normal watches.

Clauses introduced by charterers based on shortage of delivered cargo because of increased oil prices.

A condition where the particles (dust) becomes embedded in the fabric filter over time and are not removed by the bag cleaning process.

An offer to sell goods at a stated price and under stated terms.

See Intracoastal Waterway.

A day for general ship cleaning.

A suitable beach, being steep and sandy, where ships could be careened for cleaning or repair.

When all the sails are shaking.

An order meaning sufficient (enough).

1,000 board feet. One MBM equals 2,265 C.M.

A line used for suspending articles.

Abbreviation for "Not Elsewhere Specified."

Costs that vary directly with the level of activity within a short time. Examples include costs of moving cargo inland on trains or trucks, stevedoring in some ports, and short-term equipment leases. For business analysis, all costs are either defined as ...

Is a technique for predicting whether water will tend to dissolve or precipitate calcium carbonate. If the water precipitates calcium carbonate, scale forming may result. If the water dissolves calcium carbonate, it has a corrosive tendency.

Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation Immediate Exportation.Allows merchandise that has been withdrawn from a bonded warehouse at one U.S. port to be exported from the same port exported without paying duty.

The principal sail that is set on the main mast.

In the days of tall ships the barometer was a glass vessel with a thin stem. The fluid in the glass (in most cases water) would move up and down the stem as the pressure of the surrounding atmosphere changed. These movements were used to predict changes i ...

The behavior of perfect gases, or mixtures thereof, follows a set of laws. Boyle' law, Charle's law, Amonton's law, Dalton's law, Amagat's law, Avogadro's law, Poisson's law.

The small triangular space found at the intersection of lines of position on a chart when a ship's position is determined by taking three bearings.