To fill the seams of a vessel with pitch.

A tanker of the maximum size capable of transit of the Suez Canal (approx. 150,000-200,000 DWT)

Water of sufficient depth to allow a boat to travel through it.

Seaward, a safe distance from shore; To keep an offing is to keep a safe distance away from the coast because of navigational dangers, fog, or other hazards.

An order to stop; as, "Avast heaving!"

A carrier giving a customer illegal preference to attract cargo. This can take the form of a money refund (rebate); using lower figures than actual for the assessment of freight charges (undercubing); misdeclaration of the commodity shipped to allow the a ...

The highest operating pressure the system or component is designed to withstand.

An instrument which measures the spectral distribution of the intensity of direct solar radiation.

Scuttled

The recognized abbreviation for the International Chamber of Commerce Terms of Sale. These terms were last amended, effective July 1, 1990.

Is the weight of a given volume of gas, usually expressed in lb / cu ft at SPT condition.

The maximum value of natural solar insolation.

Contraction for Empty Repositioning. The movement of empty containers.

An arbitrage transaction applied on a futures market where the cash or spot price of for example,.

The cost of trading in an asset or security which will vary according to the broker you use and.

Center

An assigned area in which containers are prepared for loading into a vessel, train, truck, or airplane or are stacked immediately after discharge from the vessel, train, truck, or airplane.

The products of all combustion processes formed by the combination of nitrogen and oxygen.

Load On Top

Ropes used for hoisting gaffs and sails, and signal flags.