A tiller or a wheel generally installed on the bridge or wheelhouse of a ship to turn the rudder during manoeuvering and navigation. It is in fact the steering wheel of the ship.

Steering; keeping the ship on the course given (no lazy steering).

A labyrinth type filter having the active surfaces continuously splashed with oil. Most pollutants are absorbed by the oil which when circulated releases its pollutants, which sink by gravity to the bottom of the oil pan.

A charge for services performed in connection with floating elevators.- Charges assessed for the handling of grain through grain elevators.

Upward displacing swells.

A train of a specified number of railcars, perhaps 100, which remain as a unit for a designated destination or until a change in routing is made.

A small local current usually caused by tidal streams as they ebb and flow around or against obstructions.

A cleat designed to hold a line in place without slipping. It consists of two narrowing jaws with teeth in which the line is placed.

An absolute temperature scale. ((

A rail surrounding the poop deck.

Unlicensed members of the engine department who attend to a fully automated engine room.

(1) The condition of a vessel stranded on a reef or a rock when the seas break over her deck. (2) Half drunk; incapacitated by drink.

A small free-moving submersible designed for exploring the ocean depths.

A large foresail which extends aft behind the mast.

The toal temperature at the intake flange of the compressor.

The distance the bow of a boat is forward of another's stern

Release of merchandise by a bank to a buyer while the bank retains title to the merchandise. The goods are usually obtained for manufacturing or sales purposes. The buyer is obligated to maintain the goods (or the proceeds from their sales) distinct from ...

Is one in which the space occupied by the mixture is saturated with water vapor at the mixture temperature.

Board, bearing instructions, that comes to a wrecked ship with a life-saving rocket line.

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 ...