A wharf licensed and attended by Customs authorities.

The amount of work done on or by a system is equal to the amount of energy transferred to or from the system.

Is the energy a substance possesses by virtue of its motion or velocity. Used primarily in calculations for dynamic and ejector type compressors

Drydocking, beaching, or careening a vessel and carefully examining the bottom with a view to ascertaining any damage it may have.

An absolute temperature scale. ((

The opening up the back (aft) edge of the mast in which the mainsail luff rope slides when it is hoisted. Some masts have an external sail track.

Abbreviation for "Please Authorize Delivery Against Guarantee." A request from the consignee to the shipper to allow the carrier or agent to release cargo against a guarantee, either bank or personal. Made when the consignee is unable to produce original ...

Pounds.

The command given to inform the crew that the helm is being turned quickly to leeward, turning the boat windward

A publication setting forth the charges, rates and rules of transportation companies.

Method of producing a chart in which the parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude intersect each other at right angles.

Abbreviation for "Government Bill of Lading."

Is any gas or gas mixture in which one or more of the constituents is at its saturated vapor pressure. The constituent at saturation pressure may or may not be water vapor.

A raft used in case of emergencies, such as sinking or fire.

A crack or hole that accidentally admits a gas or lets it escape.

Category of bulk carrier 100.000-180.00DWT so called she is too large to pass Suez and Panama Canals.

The tide with the least variation in water level, occurring when the moon is one quarter and three quarters full. The lowest high tide and the highest low tide occur at neap tide. The opposite is the spring tide.

Polaris, the North Star, is visible in the northern hemisphere and indicates the direction of north. In the southern hemisphere the Southern Cross is used to find the direction of south.

A colorless odorless very poisonous gas formed by the incomplete burning of carbon. Found in some ambient air conditions.

The line to which a vessel is submerged with a full cargo on board.