Dining room facilities for officers separate from the crew and passenger dining room.

See Multiple Containerload Shipment.

A measure of distance approximately 3 nautical miles. One-twentieth of a degree of latitude.

Gilded carving and scroll work decorating the hulls of ships.

Remove a boat from the water.

To let go altogether.

A canvas canopy secured over the ship's deck as a protection from the weather (covering).

Is the ratio of the theoretical work calculated on an isothermal basis to the actual work transferred to the gas during compression.

A gap unintentionally left uncovered while painting or varnishing.

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

A slang term for an open-top trailer or container with a tarpaulin cover.

Compass error. The difference between the reading of a compass and the actual magnetic course or bearing due to errors in the compass reading. These errors can be caused by metals, magnetic fields and electrical fields near the compass. The act of checkin ...

Sink by filling with water.

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

The area between opposing shipping lanes, restricted to most navigation except for crossing with caution

Media of heat transfer in a refrigeration unit. R12 and R22 are commonly used refrigerants.

Hauled out of the water for repairs or storage

A positive displacement air compressor which has no oil injected into the compression chamber for lubrication, cooling or sealing

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

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