A small flat boat, usually inflatable.

(1) When two or more boats tie up alongside each other. (2) Overlapping of edges of two ice-floes, so that one floe is partly supported by the other.

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

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

The amount of money an ocean carrier pays to the railroad for overland carriage.

The time that the container was discharged (grounded) from the train.

The inclination of a mast from the perpendicular.

The angle of a vessel's masts from the vertical.

A line used in mast-making to get a straight middle line on a spar.

Railroad terminal where containers are received or delivered and trains loaded or discharged. Originally, trailers moved onto the rearmost flatcar via a ramp and driven into position in a technique known as "circus loading." Most modern rail facilities us ...

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

A movement of equipment from an origin rail ramp to a destination rail ramp only.

(1) Sighting two objects in a line to indicate a course to be steered (2) The distance a boat can travel using the fuel stored aboard.

A quantity of cable, more or less, placed in order for letting go the anchor or paying out.

As close to the wind as possible, with all sails full, and no wrinkles in them.

The rank held by a naval seaman.

A formula of the specific factors or elements that control the making of a rate. A rate can be based on any number of factors (i.e., weight, measure, equipment type, package, box, etc.).

(1) Term describing the status of seamen, corresponding to rank in the case of officers. (2) A method of measuring a yacht's expected performance relative to another yacht while racing. Over the years many formulas have been experimented with, in order to ...

A short length of small rope "ratline stuff" running horizontally across shrouds, for a ladder step.

Small lines tied between the shrouds that form steps to function as a ladder to climb the rigging.