A stay leading from one mast, such as the main mast to another, such as the mizzen mast.

A large square of heavy canvas fitted with lines to allow it to be drawn under the hull of a ship where it is damaged. The pressure of the seawater holds it tight against the ship and greatly reduces the inflow of water.

See Multiple Containerload Shipment.

Liner Shipping Agreements.

An arbitrary filter efficiency rating.

Gilded carving and scroll work decorating the hulls of ships.

Remove a boat from the water.

Describing a small or confined space. Originated from the time when a cat-o'-nine-tails was used to inflict punishment.

A measure of weight ashore and a measure of capacity on a vessel.

An anchor or weight, permanently attached to the sea floor, with a buoy going to the surface, used to hold the boat in a certain area.

Supporting braces made into a right angle, used for strength when two parts are joined.

On a square-rigged ship, the area between the after end of the forecastle and the forward end of the booms where lines, blocks, and tackle were stored.

Small masses of drift ice with waterways in which a vessel can sail.

Are those constituents in the suction gas that cannot be condensed to a liquid with the cooling medium available.

Place where cargo is transferred to another carrier.

The power required to compress a gas isothermally through a specified range of pressures.

Any boat built to certain standards or rules so that is like all others in the same class.

An area of the North Atlantic east of the Bahamas where a powerful eddy in the water causes Sargasso weed to collect in vast quantities and float on the surface.

Vertical distance from the keel to the uppermost deck, taken inside the ship/s plating.