Any body of rate tariffs that are not part of an agreement or conference system.

Provision in a salvage agreement that money is not payable unless the property is salved in accordance with that accordance.

Required lights on a boat help others determine its course, position and what it is doing. Boats underway should have a red light visible from its port bow, a green light on the starboard bow and a white light at its stern. Other lights are required for v ...

Is the ratio of actual capacity to piston displacement, stated as a percentage.

A powerful, strongly built boat designed to tow or push other vessels, and to assist in maneuvering a ship in a confined area.

Man employed in unloading ships in harbour, or in taking a ship from one port to another. Paid "lump" sum for services.

(turbine oils) -- a test for determining the ability of an oil to aid in preventing the rusting of ferrous parts in the presence of water.

Said of a seaman who has retired from sea service.

An expression describing a sailing ship set with every sail she can carry.

Is the dynamic viscosity divided by the density

A mechanical, electrical, or manually operated pump used to remove water from the bilge.

Name given to the metal point or ram fixed on the bows of old war galleys and used to pierce the hulls, and thus sink or disable enemy ships.

Wooden bar with an iron shod, wedge, Shaped end, used in prying the anchor or working the anchor or working the anchor chain. Also used to engage or disengage the wild-cat.

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

The Customs tariff used by most countries worldwide. It was formerly known as the Brussels Tariff Nomenclature and is the basis of the commodity coding system known as the Harmonized System.

In trouble.

Latitude lines.

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.

When a vessel fills with water and sinks.