Ship's boat kept ready for immediate lowering while at sea. When used for life-saving, it was called an "accident boat" or lifeboat.

The consolidation of a quantity of individual items into one large shipping unit for easier handling.- Loading one or more large items of cargo onto a single piece of equipment, such as a pallet.

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

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

Is the ratio of weight of vapor existing in a given space to the weight that would be present if the space were saturated at the space temperature.

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

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.

Is the ratio of the theoretical work requirement to the actual work required to be performed on the gas for compression and delivery.

A framing of metal fitted over an opening in a deck, with glass or plexiglass inserted for the admission of light into a cabin, engine room, etc.

Slang for anchor

The physical or mechanical process of separating insoluble particulate matter from a fluid, such as air or liquid, by passing the fluid through a filter medium that will not allow the particulate to pass through it.

Cool air pulled ashore by rising thermal air currents caused by the air inland rising as the land heats up

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.

Misrepresenting freight or weight on shipping documents.

Direction or bearing of an object relative to a boat's heading.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., (ASHRAE) is an international membership organization operated for the exclusive purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating, refrigeration, air conditioning and ...

The area (in sq inches) of the filter element that is exposed to the flow of air or fluid for effective filtering.

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