British standard pipe parallel.

British standard pipe tapered.

ACRONYM - British thermal unit. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit under set conditions of temperature and pressure.

In spray painting applications, air trapped in a paint film caused by poor atomization during spraying.

Moving belt which brings a continuous supply of buckets loaded with bulk commodities.

Blocks of wood made to fit in the hawse-holes, or holes in the half-ports, when at sea. Those in the hawse-holes are sometimes called hawse-blocks.

A bullying and tyrannical officer; he would drive his crew by brutality and the power of his fists.

The increase in pressure in the discharge header that develops as a result of flow after the pressure relief device opens

Material passed into the effluent stream composed of foreign materials incorporated into the filter medium.

Cargo shipped in loose condition and of a homogeneous nature.Cargoes that are shipped unpackaged either dry, such as grain and ore, or liquid, such as petroleum products. Bulk service generally is not provided on a regularly scheduled basis, but rather as ...

Not in packages or containers; shipped loose in the hold of a ship without mark and count." Grain, coal and sulfur are usually bulk freight.

Ship specifically designed to transport vast amounts of cargoes such as sugar, grain, wine, ore, chemicals, liquefied natural gas; coal and oil. See also LNG Carrier, Tanker, OBO Ship.

A container with a discharge hatch in the front wall; allows bulk commodities to be carried.

A partition separating one part of a ship, freight car, aircraft or truck from another part.

Transverse or longitudinal partitions separating portions of the ship ("walls" in a ship).

Cargo-securing devices mounted in the floor of containers; allow lashing and securing of cargo.

Used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast on a square rigged ship.

(1) A round eye through which a line is led, usually in order to change the direction of pull. (2) A thick piece of glass set flush in the deck to admit light below.

Part of a ship/s side projecting upwards along the line of the weather deck or uppermost deck.

A railing around the deck of a boat to keep things from going overboard and the seas from coming aboard; the strake of shell plating above a weather or shelter deck; the part of a ship's side that extends above the main deck to protect it against heavy we ...