A document that establishes the terms of a contract between a shipper and a transportation company. It serves as a document of title, a contract of carriage and a receipt for goods.

A legal signature usually placed on the reverse of a draft; signifies transfer of rights from the holder to another party.

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

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.

Circular blocks in the shrouds or stays to adjust tension.

Also known as LTL or LCL.

A compressed air coupling commonly used on European rail and road vehicles to connect one vehicle to the next.

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.

An unauthoritative story (a tall story).

A slot into which the bolt rope or lugs in the luff of the sail are inserted to attach the sail.

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

A bun-shaped cover placed over a radar scanner to prevent risk of fouling and to protect it from the weather.

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

The temperature which would be measured at the stagnation point if a gas stream were stopped, with adiabatic compression from the flow condition to the stagnation pressure.

A drawing representing the internal parts of a vessel as if she had been cut straight through, either longitudinally or athwartships. It shows the positions of the frames and their exact curvature in relation to the hull shape.

ACRONYM - non-lubricated compressor.

Cargo to/from regional ports are transferred to/from a central hub port for a long-haul ocean voyage.

Surrounded by land.

Get gear in condition for use; to separate the blocks of a tackle to lengthen the fall (ready for use again).

The gauge pressure at which a pressure vessel is maintained in normal operation.