The first plank on the outer hull of a wooden vessel next to the keel. In steel ships, the plating next to the keel, or what is known as strake A.

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 ...

Energy terms

A penalty charge against shippers or consignees for delaying carrier's equipment beyond allowed time. Demurrage applies to cargo; detention applies to equipment. See Per Diem.

The last buoy as a boat heads to sea.

A shore that wind blows onto; it is best to stay well off a lee shore in a storm

The general name for ropes, blocks and tackles, tools, etc. (things).

To ease out or slacken a line, chain or cable or let it run in a controlled manner.

A unit of 1,000 bars of pressure.

A line attached to the boom to prevent it from accidentally gybing.

To temporarily sew the ends of two ropes together for rendering through a block. Also to grip together parts of a fall to prevent running out. To marry strands to prepare for splicing.

Name given to the lowest deck in a ship.

Allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be transported in bond to another port, where a superseding entry is filed.

To cause the land to sink below horizon by sailing away from it.

An absolute temperature scale. ((

The medium or material that does the actual filtering or separating. May be paper, wire mesh, special cellulose, inorganic plastic, or a combination.

A document, issued by a bank per instructions by a buyer of goods, authorizing the seller to draw a specified sum of money under specified terms, usually the receipt by the bank of certain documents within a given time. Some of the specific descriptions a ...

A sliding fitting that attaches to a track allowing for the adjustment of blocks or other devices attached to the car.

Dangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area.

A projecting aperture at the end of a tube, pipe etc. serving as an outlet for compressed air. Reduces the demand on the compressor by generating the highest thrust and volume for the lowest possible air consumption.