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.

Fixed ports that do not open which are placed in the deck or cabin to admit light.

An electrical depth sounder or fish finder that uses sound echoes to locate the depth of objects in water. It does so by timing the sound pulses.

The course of a vessel after magnetic variation has been considered, but without compensation for magnetic deviation.

Kilo or metric ton. 1,000 Kilos or 2,204.6 pounds.

Kilograms per square centimeter absolute.

A document prepared by the captain of a vessel on arriving at port; shows conditions encountered during voyage, generally for the purpose of relieving ship owner of any loss to cargo and shifting responsibility for reimbursement to the insurance company.

(1) A body of salt water. A very large body of fresh water. (2) The condition of the water around a boat. Heavy seas for example.

A small wooden, metal or plastic insertion at the head of a mainsail.

An entry that allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be exported from the same port without the payment of duty.

To repair, clean or paint the hull.

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978.

An object used as a reference point while navigating.

A wooden bar which may be shipped in the capstan head for heaving around by hand (to heave up anchor or heavy objects by manpower).

Transportation charge advanced by one carrier to another to be collected by the later carrier from the consignor or consignee.

Cargo thrown overboard in order to lighten the ship and washed ashore.

To watch a vessel at anchor at the turn of tides, and cast her by the helm, and some sail if necessary, so as to keep turns out of her cables.

Gross tonnage is the basis on which manning rules and safety regulations are applied, and registration fees are reckoned. Port fees are also often reckoned on the basis of GT and NT. GT and NT are defined according to formulas which take account, among ot ...

A small portable compass.

An absolute temperature scale. ((