One who is employed in the working of cargo when a ship is being loaded or unloaded in port.

The cord, twine or other small stuff which is used to seize line.

Occurs when the vapor is at the dew point or saturation temperature corresponding to its partial pressure. A gas in never saturated with a vapor. However, the space occupied jointly by the gas and vapor may be saturated.

Bound together.

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

Loaded with more cargo than a ship can safely navigate with. Drunk.

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 ...

A structural failure of the filter medium due to flexing caused by cyclic differential pressure.

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.

A letter of credit that allows the beneficiary to transfer in whole or in part to another beneficiary any amount which, in aggregate, of such transfers does not exceed the amount of the credit. Used by middlemen.

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.

Turning the wheel or tiller as far as possible

The resistance to movement. (2) An anchor drags when its flukes do not hold.

Error that can be introduced when not reading an instrument, such as a compass, directly from its front, due to the separation of the indicator and the scale being read.

An order to commence ship's work.

The stay leading from the mast to the bow

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

A notation on a bill of lading that the cargo has been stowed on the open deck of the ship.

The semi-circular steel coupling device mounted on a tractor which engages and locks with a chassis semi-trailer.

To make headway when there is no apparent wind.