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

Unit of free air flow rate. Normal cubic meter per hour. The air in the following conditions:1.013 bar(a) of pressure; 0 degrees Celsius of temperature and 0% of relative humidity .

ACRONYM - non-lubricated compressor.

Business pertaining to commerce or navigation transacted upon the sea or in seaports in such matters as the court of admiralty has jurisdiction.

A comparison of a carrier's operating expense with its net sales. The most general measure of operating efficiency.

Is pressure as determined by most instruments and gauges.

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

Isolated rocky peak rising from a sheet of inland ice.

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

A term used to designate an object for which the correct name has been forgotten.

A ceremony performed on board ships when passengers or crew are crossing the equator for the first time during a voyage.

Atmosphere

See Insurance, Particular Average.

Order to pick up goods at a named place and deliver them to a pier. Usually issued by exporter to trucker but may apply to a railroad, which completes delivery by land. Use is limited to a few major U.S. ports. Also known as shipping delivery order.

Capacity of a compressor is the full rated volume of flow of gas compressed and delivered at certain set conditions.

A means of hauling up or lowering a cylindrical object.

Melting and becoming a liquid by absorbing moisture.

Also known as LTL or LCL.

Surrounded by land.

Slang for anchor