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 ...

To reeve and secure a line.

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

A receptacle, open to atmosphere, that is used to used to collect condensate. For example, two or three drain pipes from various filters may be discharging into a funnel. In this case the funnel is a tundish.

For ships, a cargo handling area parallel to the shoreline where a vessel normally ties up.- For land transportation, a loading or unloading platform at an industrial location or carrier terminal.

(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.

To make a rope fast by turns round a pin or coil, without hitching or seizing it.

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 ...

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

Place where cargo is transferred to another carrier.

Deeper forward (front end deepest in water).

Periodic publications containing details of any alterations to charts, to keep them up to date.

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

A kind of navigational buoy

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

Said of the anchor when just clear of the bottom (leaving or moving).

Recovering and utilizing the heat content of the compressed air.

To install the sails on the boom or the forestay.

A pulpit located on the stern.

The rank held by a naval seaman.