Represents a complete record of the transaction between exporter and importer with regard to the goods sold. Also reports the content of the shipment and serves as the basis for all other documents about the shipment.

See "Brokerage"

Article shipped. For dangerous and hazardous cargo, the correct commodity identification is critical.

A rate published to apply to a specific article or articles.

(1) An intermediate rank between Captain and Rear Admiral, often held by a senior captain when given extra responsibility. (2) The leader of a yacht club.

A transportation company which provides service to the general public at published rates.

Law that derives its force and authority from precedent, custom and usage rather than from statutes, particularly with reference to the laws of England and the United States.

The area leading down from the deck to the cabin, usually with steps (ladder)

The whole crew of a ship.

The spaces between the transverse bulkheads of a ship.

A card labeling the 360

The direction of a ship's heading as read on a compass. The compass course has added the magnetic deviation and the magnetic variation to the true course.

The amount the compass is deflected from the true direction by variation (magnetic) and deviation (metallic influences) together

A circle on a chart, showing all 360

An expansion joint designed to take up thermal expansion.

An object made with more than one type of material.

A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. A mixture of individual gases. The gaseous mixture surrounding the earth..

To reduce the volume of, by or as if by pressure.

Air under pressure greater than that of the atmosphere.

A public/private initiative to promote the efficiency of compressed air in the US.