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

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To haul in or bind something together in order to create more space.

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

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Structural pieces running fore and aft between the beams.

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The condition when a perfect gas is isentropically compressed, and the gas inlet temperature and also the amount of work spent is the same for each stage.

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At a considerable distance.

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STW

Said to weigh.

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A charge made for lifting articles too heavy to be lifted by a ship's normal tackle.

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Is the property of a substance that gauges the potential or driving force for the flow of heat.

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Flow of air under specific conditions required at a particular point.

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Carefully (watch what you're doing).

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NOI

Abbreviation for "Not Otherwise Indexed."

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Metal strip and lead fastener used for locking freight car or truck doors. Seals are numbered for record purposes.

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(1) Said of ship's head when it moves away from wind, especially when tacking. (2) To discharge a crew and close Articles of Agreement of a merchant ship.

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Time and date for payment of a draft.

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A stationary vessel carrying a light used for navigation, serving the same purpose as a lighthouse.

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

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A capacity measurement equal to one-fourth of a barrel.

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Ice pack whose limits cannot be seen from ship.

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