Most ocean freight is billed on the basis of weight or measurement tons (W/M). Weight tons can be expressed in short tons of 2000 pounds, long tons of 2240 pounds or metric tons of 1000 kilos (2204.62 pounds). Measurement tons are usually expressed as car ...

The action of letting go the sheets of a sailing vessel, thus spilling the wind and reducing the forward motion of the boat.

A bulkhead that will not let water pass from one side of it to the other.

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

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.

Machines cooled by water circulated through jackets surrounding the cylinders or casings.

Nautical slang for the spirit of the sea, usually in the form of a sea devil. Davy Jones's Locker is the bottom of the sea, the final resting place of sunken ships, articles lost or thrown overboard, and of men buried at sea.

Having no sails up. In heavy weather the windage of the mast and other spars can still be enough to move the boat.

A solid wharf or structure built of stone along the edge of a harbor used for loading and offloading of cargo, and embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.

The part of the rotating element of a dynamic compressor that imparts energy to the flowing medium by means of centrifugal force. It consists of a number of blades mounted so as to rotate with the shaft.

The direction to which a compass points. Magnetic north differs from true north because the magnetic fields of the planet are not exactly in line with the north and south poles. Observed differences between magnetic and true north is known as magnetic var ...

The highest continuous deck which runs the full length of the ship without a fall or interruption.

The compression of an air actuator (air spring) below its design height.

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

Finite Element Analysis.

The country in which the vessel is registered.

Location where shipment begins its movement.

Recapitulation of the terms and conditions agreed

On square-rigged ships, the blocks attached to those yards on which studdingsails were set.

(1) A nautical instrument, on the arc of which is a finely graduated scale showing degrees and minutes, with adjustable reflectors, etc.; used to find the altitude of heavenly bodies, angular distances, etc. (2) On a steering gear, the rudder quadrant is ...