Incapable of being mixed without separation phases. Water and petroleum oil are immiscible under most conditions, although they can be made miscible with the addition of an emulsifier.

To bagpipe the mizzen, is to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the weather mizzen rigging.

To break loose from a mooring, anchor or docking.

A sailor's trunk; the intake between the ship's side and a sea valve.

A container frame fitted to accommodate two or more separate tanks for liquids.

Kilograms per square centimeter absolute.

Bulk Carrier or Motorcar Carrier

The windward side (from where the wind is blowing).

Distance at sea is measured in nautical miles, which are about 6067.12 feet, 1.15 statute miles or exactly 1852 meters. Nautical miles have the unique property that a minute of latitude is equal to one nautical mile - Measurement of speed is done in knots ...

The top of a mast.

Combination minimum pressure valve and check valve.

Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen.

The white froth on the crests of waves.

Transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container leaves a rail or water terminal.

Sixteenth-century term for a sea distance at which high land could be observed from a ship. Varied between 14 and 22 miles according to average atmospheric conditions in a given area.

A deck exposed to the wind and sea.

Boat carried at davits on quarter of ship, and kept ready for immediate use when at sea.

a circular donut-shaped buoy designed to support a person in the water. It is attached to the vessel with a (floating) line so that the person can be hauled back to the boat.

A sailing ship with three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.

The total rate from the point of origin to final destination.