Hard surfaced area of the quay on which shipping containers are assembled before loading.

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

Caught in the ice.

Isolated rocky peak rising from a sheet of inland ice.

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

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

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

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

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

Is pressure as determined by most instruments and gauges.

A very experienced and/or old sailor

A means of hauling up or lowering a cylindrical object.

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 .

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

Transport International par la Route. Road transport operating agreement among European governments and the United States for the international movement of cargo by road. Display of the TIR carnet allows sealed containerloads to cross national frontiers w ...

Also known as LTL or LCL.

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 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.

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