Load/unload control system that tries to maximizes compressor efficiency by matching air delivery and air demand. Compressor is operated at full load or idle

Surface on which the bearing seal rides in an oil lubricated tailshaft bearing.

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

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

A smooth hard wood grown in the West Indies which had many maritime uses, such as deadeyes and the sheaves of blocks. Its hardness stood up well to wear, and its smoothness allowed lines to render through easily.

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

Hauled out of the water for repairs or storage

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

Containers loaded at port of loading and discharged at port of destination.

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

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.

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

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

ACRONYM - National Electrical Code

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

Remove a boat from the water.

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

Recovering and utilizing the heat content of the compressed air.

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