Used by some seamen to describe St. Elmo's Fire.

A beam attached to the top of the floors to add strength to the keel on a wooden boat.

Eastern Central Motor Carriers Association.

Abbreviation for "Transportation and Exportation." Customs form used to control cargo movement from port of entry to port of exit, meaning that the cargo is moving from one country, through the United States, to another country.

A deposit resulting from the oxidation and polymerization of fuels and lubricants when exposed to high temperatures. Similar to, but harder, than varnish.

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Any little handy contraption such as a scraper or sailmaker's palm, etc.

Reduction of corrosion of a metal in an electrolyte by galvanically coupling it to a more anodic metal; a form of cathodic protection.

Liquid flows through into the valve and flows out through one of two tubes which is selected by changing the angle of a lever.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Temperature at the compressor inlet flange.

A device worn around a person's body that can be tethered to jack lines to help prevent a person from falling overboard.

(Ex Works) (...Named Place): A Term of Sale which means that the seller fulfills the obligation to deliver when he or she has made the goods available at his/her premises (i.e., works, factory, warehouse, etc.) to the buyer. In particular, the seller is n ...

Asian Shipowners Forum.

A hand held rock drill worked by compressed air.

Federation of American Controlled Shipping.

1.Unattended Machinery Space,2.Universal Measurement System.

Quality System Certification System.

Prefix before a ship's name to indicate that she is a steamship.

The national flag flown on a jackstaff on the bow of naval ships while anchored.

(1) A fore-sail flying above and forward of the jib, usually seen on bowsprit vessels. (2) A foresail used on yachts similar to a genoa, but cut narrower, with its leech not overlapping the mainsail, and a higher clew.