A ring used to attach certain bellow type flexible members of an air actuators to the mounting surface.

An emergency signal flare that will float down on a parachute after launch, hopefully improving its visibility.

Machines in which the compressing element is a piston having a reciprocating motion in a cylinder.

The extreme deck fore and aft measurement of a vessel.

A device which operates compressors in sequence according to a programmed schedule.

Complete encirclement of a cleat, bollard, pin or winch by a line.

Small stuff seized across a hook to prevent it from unshipping (once hooked, mousing keeps the hook on).

: Regular ship shaped vessel, production ship. Positioned by anchors or dynamic positioning. Has its own propulsion machinery.

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

A small flat boat, usually inflatable.

To keep close.

A joint Bureau of the Census' International Trade Administration form used for compiling U.S. exports. It is completed by a shipper and shows the value, weight, destination, etc., of export shipments as well as Schedule B commodity code.

A published rate that is never assessed because no freight moves under it.

A contract for leasing between the ship owners and the lessee. It would state, e.g., the duration of the lease in years or voyages.

Any object used to increase the drag of a boat and slow her down. Typically shaped like a parachute or cone opened underwater, drogues decrease a boat's speed in heavy weather. Also see sea anchor.

A book containing the official record of a ship's activities together with remarks concerning the state of the weather, etc.

The curved part of a ship's hull where the side and the flat bottom meet.

A group of points to which rates are made the same as or in relation to rates to other points in group.

A strong tropical revolving storm of force 12 or higher. In the northern hemisphere hurricanes revolve in a clockwise direction. In the southern hemisphere these storms revolve counterclockwise and are known as typhoons.

Temperature at which condesation first occurs and moisture is formed.