To remove or disassemble gear after it is used.

The degree to which all the forces on a boat are symmetrical so the vessel sails with just a slight weather helm.

United Nations EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transport. EDI Standards are developed and supported by the UN for electronic message (data) interchange on an international level.

To prevent contact with an object while bringing the ship alongside.2. To push off when making a landing.

A navigational aid with a light that flashes about once per second.

To let out a line or sail slowly; to slacken or relieve tension on a line; to take pressure off.

Sea water used for ballast, let into the double bottom, or into a water-ballast tank, or trimming tanks.

A salt or ester of carbonic acid.

A single turn of rope when a rope is coiled down.

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

Cargo landed in excess of the quantity on manifest.

Intimate mixture of oil and water, generally of a milky or cloudy appearance. Emulsions may be of two types: oil-in water (where water is the continuous phase) and water-in-oil (where water is the discontinuous phase).

Sling of various types used for lifting vehicles on to and off general cargo ship.s

The air compressor continues to run, usually at full RPM, but no air is delivered because the inlet is either closed off or modified, not allowing inlet air to be trapped.

Is used in psychrometry and is the temperature recorded by a thermometer whose bulb has been covered with a wetted wick and whirled on a sling psychrometer. Taken with the dry bulb, it permits determination of relative humidity of the atmosphere.

A fix taken by visually observing the location of known landmarks.

To go aboard the vessel; to put onboard a vessel.

A boat is double banked, when two oars, one opposite the other, are pulled by men seated on the same thwart.

Cargo which has been booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded before the vessel sails. See also "Windy Booking."