A lubricating oil made with synthetic base stocks.

A pin placed through the head of a rudder to prevent it from being lost.

Time and date for payment of a draft.

Said of anchor when it is under ship's forefoot, and cable is nearly up and down.

Alternatively letting the sails draw, then spilling wind so as to keep a vessel more or less in one place until space is available, marking time.

A charge, based on a fixed daily rate.

Tan work shoes issued to U.S. Maritime Service trainees

Specially designed for the transport of condensed (liquefied) gases. The most important gases are: ammonia, ethylene, LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas), which consists mainly of methane, and is cooled to a temperature of minus 163 degrees Celcius, and LPG (Liqu ...

Abbreviation for "With Particular Average."

Sailing with the tiller over to leeward by force of the wind

An inspection cover or port in an air receiver tank.

A floating island of ice. Only one-ninth of the total mass of an iceberg is visible above water level.

To haul in until the line has a strain upon it.

A line drawn to indicate both the direction and magnitude of a force, such as leeway or a current.

Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck.

Structural pieces running fore and aft between the beams.

Capable of keeping out water.

A party named in an instrument as the beneficiary of the funds. Under letters of credit, the payee is either the drawer of the draft or a bank.

Measurement ton 40 cubic ft or one cubic meter.Net ton, or short ton 2,000 lbs.Gross ton/long ton 2,240 lbs.Metric ton/kilo ton 2,204.6 lbs.Cubic meter 35.314 cubic ft.

Term applied to the direction of the wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.