Government officials responsible for regulating goods, services and supplies into a country.

A negatively charged ion.

Wide, a wide boat is a beamy boat

To enter a port or harbor

(1) A line by which the end of a spar is hoisted or lowered. (2) A line that holds up the boom when it is not being used. (3) A line from the upper mast which controls the height of the spinnaker pole.

A short spar projecting over the stern of a sailing vessel to sheet the mizzen sail when the mizzen-mast is so far aft that there's not enough room inboard to bring down the sheet and trim the sail. Also, a short spar extending from the stemhead in place ...

(1) The edge where the deck joins the hull; top edge of bulwarks. (2) The railing around the deck.

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

To lash up.

A number system used to describe wind forces and sea conditions from 0 for a flat calm to 12 for a hurricane

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

The amount of work done on or by a system is equal to the amount of energy transferred to or from the system.

On older sailing ships, an additional lateen shaped mizzen sail carried on the fourth mast, known as a bonaventure mizzen.

A method of payment for goods in which the buyer pays the seller in advance of the shipment of goods. Usually employed when the goods, such as specialized machinery, are built to order.

Shipped under rate that includes cost from end of ship's tackle at load port to end of ship's tackle at discharge port.

The black line parallel with ship's keel marked on the inner surface of the bowl of a compass, indicating the compass direction of the ship's head.

A line used for capsizing the sea anchor and hauling it in.

A vessel whose bow and stern have drooped. The opposite of sagged.

A ring-shaped fitting into which the rudder pintle is inserted which allows the rudder to pivot.

Where the water and sky or ground and sky appear to intersect.