Also known as LTL or LCL.

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

The difference between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle. Magnetic variation is different in different geographic locations, so the nearest compass rose to each location on a chart must be used.

An embargo imposed by a Government against another country.

Misrepresenting freight or weight on shipping documents.

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 ...

Dangle a man from one of the yard arms, sometimes by the neck, if the man was to be killed, and sometimes by the toes, if he was merely to be tortured. A severe punishment used aboard sailing ships long ago. Today, a reprimand.

See Gunwhale

A U.S. Customs program wherein at least two designated Customs ports will enter cargo that arrives at either port without the necessity of an in-bound document.

Tank,one of which is situated at each side of the top part of the hold of a bulk carrier.

A seat or brace running laterally across the width of a rowing boat.

Atmosphere

Heat cannot, of itself, pass from a colder to a hotter body.

A complete listing of all cargo entering the country of discharge. Required at all world ports and is the primary source of cargo control, against which duty is assessed by the receiving country.

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.

The ratio of the vapor pressure to the saturated vapor pressure at the temperature considered.

The process of coating one metal with another, ordinarily applied to the coating of iron or steel with zinc. The chief purpose of galvanizing is to prevent corrosion.

A marine insurance policy that applies to all shipments made by an exporter over a period of time rather than to one shipment only.

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.

ACRONYM - non-lubricated compressor.