Resistance to air flow; usually stated in inches H2O or PSI.

The angle between the zenith and a heavenly body.

A document transferring a container from one carrier to another, or to/from a terminal.

Loaded aboard a vessel.

Similar to a centerboard, except that it is raised and lowered vertically in a trunk rather than pivoted. Like a keel, daggerboards are used to reduce leeway by preventing a sailboat being pushed sideways by the wind.

Used to indicated times measured in Coordinated Universal Time, a successor to Greenwich Mean Time. A time standard that is not affected by time zones or seasons.

Abbreviation for:- Sight draft.- Sea damage.

Sacrificial anodes placed on a vessel to prevent electrolysis of vital metal parts.

A discharge limit applied to manufacturing and commercial establishments in which only normal human sanitary wastewaters may be discharged to the municipal sewerage system. All other types of wastewater, such as that water used in manufacturing processes, ...

Secondary forestay supporting the leading edge of the mast and used to flatten the mainsail in building winds.

A synthetic polyester material.

National Committee on International Trade Documentation.

That which is loaded into a ship. The act of loading.

Abbreviation for "Dangerous and Hazardous" cargo.

To back an anchor, is to carry out a smaller one ahead of the one by which the vessel rides, to take off some of the strain. To back a sail, is throw it aback. To back and fill, is alternately to back and fill the sails.

A chain or line (rope) bent to the anchor.

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Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Amount of condensate collected in the aftercooler.

A compartment for passengers or crew.

Time charter