The outside plating of a vessel.

Invisible waves in the electromagnetic spectrum that are used to communicate (radio) - and navigate (radar).

A logistical management system which integrates the sequence of activities from delivery of raw materials to the manufacturer through to delivery of the finished product to the customer into measurable components. "Just in Time" is a typical value-added e ...

Beneath the deck

A movement where the load initiates at an origin rail ramp and terminates at a consignee's door.

Under letters of credit, one or more shipments are allowed by the phrase "partial shipments permitted."

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

Changing the consignee or destination on a bill of lading while shipment is still in transit. Diversion has substantially the same meaning.

A single inlet compressor with the impeller or impellers mounted on a shaft supported by two bearings in a pedestal, with the driver coupled to the compressor shaft.

Tanks used for the storage of air discharged from compressors. They serve also to damp discharge line pulsations.

The angle between the sail and the apparent wind or the rudder or centerline and the water flow.

In navigation, the smaller angle at which two position lines on a chart intersect. The fix will be more reliable as the angle approaches 90

To the bow of the boat, forward of the beam.

On ships, the stern and stem are marked in feet to show the draft or depth of the vessel.

Heavy latch by which doors, hatches, portholes, etc., are secured; verb - to latch

The dimensionless number obtained when the difference between maximum and minimum instantaneous shaft speeds during one period is divided by the arithmetic mean of these two.

To put a narrow piece of canvas around it after it has been wormed, and before it has been served.

Merchant seaman's name for his bed or mattress.

Person who assists in saving life or property from a vessel wrecked near the coast. Often applied to a small boat that lies in narrow waters ready to wait on a vessel, if required.

The breaking-up of paint into fine particles or droplets by a paint gun using compressed air.