A beam which supports a deck.

The highest operating pressure the system or component is designed to withstand.

Cargo moving under Customs control where duty has not yet been paid.

Contraction for Empty Repositioning. The movement of empty containers.

An officer who attends to the berthing, etc., of ships in a harbor.

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 card marked in degrees and having sightings on it that is used to take bearings relative to the ship, rather than magnetic bearings as taken with a compass.

An expression describing a sailing ship set with every sail she can carry.

An indicator that signals pressure conditions.

One of the 4 cardinal compass points. North is the direction toward the North Pole and is at 0

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

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 ...

To fill the seams of a vessel with pitch.

Reversing the position of an object or line.

Method of payment for goods in which documents transferring title are given the buyer upon payment of cash to an intermediary acting for the seller, usually a commission house.

(1) Term describing the status of seamen, corresponding to rank in the case of officers. (2) A method of measuring a yacht's expected performance relative to another yacht while racing. Over the years many formulas have been experimented with, in order to ...

Pounds.

A topsail on the main mast.

An assigned area in which containers are prepared for loading into a vessel, train, truck, or airplane or are stacked immediately after discharge from the vessel, train, truck, or airplane.