A beam which supports a deck.

Is the temperature at the inlet flange of the compressor.

Those causes of loss for which the carrier is not legally liable. The elemental risks of ocean transport.

A wind moving from the land to the water due to temperature changes in the evening, where the temperature of the land falls below the sea temperature.

As provided in the Shipping Act of 1984, a contract between a shipper (or a shippers association) and an ocean common carrier (or conference) in which the shipper makes a commitment to provide a certain minimum quantity of cargo or freight revenue over a ...

The official who is in charge of a harbor, enforcing all its applicable regulations.

Filter rating indicating the approximate particle size for which the majority will not pass through a given filter. It is generally interpreted as meaning that 85% of the particles of size equal to the nominal filter rating will be retained by the filter.

Completely filled with water.

An order to stop; as, "Avast heaving!"

One who earns his living by service at sea.

Federal Communications Commission Rules governing radio equipment and operation in the United States.

The lines that lead from the clew of the jib to the cockpit and are used to control the jib.

The actual temperature of a moving gas stream. It is the temperature indicated by a thermometer moving in the stream with the same velocity as the stream.

Reversing the position of an object or line.

A single block such as a snatch block used as a fairlead to bring a line in a more favorable direction.

Wind coming from the north.

A short length of line, usually braided or marled, used to temporarily bind the anchor cable to the messenger when the anchor is weighed by hand around the capstan.

To fill the seams of a vessel with pitch.

Is the ratio of the thermodynamic work requirement in the cylinder to actual brake horsepower requirement.

A sailor's paradise where amusements were plentiful, and the women were accommodating.