A rate applicable from a point on one transportation line to a point on another line, made by agreement and published in a single tariff by all transportation lines over which the rate applies.

Sundays, holidays excluded

The resistance to movement. (2) An anchor drags when its flukes do not hold.

Heatless reactivated dryer. By means of expanding cold dry air to near atmospheric pressure inside the regeneration tower, the dryer air picks up moisture from the saturated desiccant bed and is then purged to atmosphere.

Covers for closing up hatchways.

A fitting holding a boom or gaff to the mast.

Is the temperature existing at the discharge port of the compressor.

An embargo imposed by a Government against another country.

Breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier or iceberg.

Goods transported in a ship, or the money paid for such goods.

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

To make life onboard for the crew as uncomfortable as possible, by keeping them at work at all hours, often unnecessarily.

After a seam is caulked, to lay over it a narrow piece of canvas and then pour on hot pitch and tar .

A tube with a narrow throat (a constriction) that increases the velocity and lowers the pressure of the liquid passing through it, creating a partial vacuum immediately after the constriction in the tube. The vacuum created has a sucking effect, and a ven ...

A phrase with a nautical derivation, meaning a man under the influence of drink or unsteadiness through drink.

A pressure-volume diagram for a compressor or engine cylinder produced by direct measurement made by the use of a device called an indicator.

Measure of alkalinity or acidity in water and water containing fluids. Can be used to determine the corrosion inhibiting characteristic in water based fluids. Typically, pH > 8.0 is required to inhibit corrosion of iron and ferrous alloys in water based f ...

A stopper used to prevent water from entering the hawse hole in heavy weather.

Slang for anchor

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