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

To attain headway (to get going or pick up speed).

An instrument for measuring, testing, or registering.

Merchant Navy nickname for seaman whose turn of duty it is to keep the mess clean.

A carrier giving a customer illegal preference to attract cargo. This can take the form of a money refund (rebate); using lower figures than actual for the assessment of freight charges (undercubing); misdeclaration of the commodity shipped to allow the a ...

(1) Order to men at the mast to extend themselves at intervals along a yard. (2) To keep a vessel at a certain place until a specified time has elapsed.

To remain nearly alongside another vessel.

Abbreviation for "Government Bill of Lading."

Pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.

The amount by which magnetic variation changes up or down each year in a particular area. The annual increase or decrease is printed in the compass roses on each chart and may make a significant difference over a number of years.

The transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container is received by a rail terminal or water port from another carrier.

Sailing beyond a racing mark or buoy whereby you sail a greater distance

Change direction so as to point closer to where the wind is coming from. The opposite of falling off.

Cloths hung on the lee side of a berth to keep one from rolling out of their bunk

A stick with a blade in the end of it used to propel a small boat through the water; The act of using a paddle to propel a boat.

A phrase preceding the signature of a drawer or endorser of a negotiable instrument; signifies that the instrument is passed onto subsequent holders without any liability to the endorser in the event of nonpayment or nondelivery.

A type of schooner without a bowsprit.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed by the mechanical action of rotating vanes or impellers imparting velocity and pressure to the flowing medium. (Raise the pressure of the air by converting the energy from the velocity of the air to pressure.)

Hoist or haul in the anchor.

To haul in.