A container fitted with a means of forced air ventilation.

A wind coming from the east.

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

To break loose from a mooring, anchor or docking.

Location where shipment begins its movement.

Nautical name for an anchor. Originally, was a stone used as an anchor.

Finite Element Analysis.

Is a gas that follows the perfect gas laws without deviation. There is no such thing, however it is the basis from which calculations are made and corrections applied.

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

A small crane that projects over the side of the boat to raise or lower objects (such as smaller boats) from or to the water.

A means of purifying an air stream by using both gravitational and centrifugal forces.

Valve of a pump box; to prime a pump.

Capable of keeping out water.

Sailors' term for an old ship that needed a lot of paint and repairs.

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.

The natural tendency of a sailboat to come up into the wind. The helm must be held over to keep the boat from coming up

Use of individual carrier/rail equipment through a central agency for the benefit of carriers and shippers.

Steel disc, that is dogged down over a porthole to secure against breakage of the glass and to prevent light from showing through.

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

Packages loaded on a pallet, in a crate or any other way that enables them to be handled at one time as a unit.