Also known as LTL or LCL.

Covers for closing up hatchways.

ACRONYM - National Pipe Thread tapered. A description of a specific pipe thread

A compressor designed to compress air or gas without contaminating the flow with lubricating oil. Piston rings and packing are usually made of TFE-based materials or carbon or other synthetic material that operate without lubrication.

The surface of the water.

An instrument designed to detect the ultrasonic emissions and convert them to audible signal.

A portable generator which can be attached to a refrigerated container to power the refrigeration unit during transit.

An analytical method of assessing machine health by quantifying and examining ferrous wear particles suspended in the lubricant or hydraulic fluid.

The porous device which perform the actual process of filtration.

Foaming water that rises upward immediately before stem of any craft being propelled through water.

A party responsible for the payment as evidenced by the given instrument. Under letters of credit, the payer is the party on whom the draft is drawn, usually the drawee bank.

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

To deliberately put a sailor ashore and leave him there while the ship sails away.

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

A very experienced and/or old sailor

Method of settling disputes which is usually binding on parties. A clause usually in a charter party.

See Gunwhale

Above sea level

An angle piece fitted over the edge of boxes, crates, bundles and other packages to prevent the pressure from metal bands or other types from cutting into the package.

To change direction so as to point farther away from the wind. Also Bear Away, Bear Off or Head Down. The opposite of heading up.