A set of wheels that support the front of a container; used when the automotive unit is disconnected.

A type of air circulation in a container. In top air units, air is drawn from the bottom of the container, filtered through the evaporator for cooling and then forced through the ducted passages along the top of the container. This type of airflow require ...

The process of removing moisture; involves evaporation.

The physical process by which a liquid or solid is transformed into the gaseous state. For this process a mechanical device uses the outside air's heat to evaporate water that is held by pads inside the cooler. The heat is drawn out of the air through thi ...

The push or pull that alters the motion of a moving body or moves a stationairy body; the unit of force is the dyne or poundal; force is equal to mass time velocity divided by time.

The carrier issuing transportation documents or publishing a tariff.

A port where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and stuffed into containers but then moved to another coastal port to be waded on a vessel.

An order in writing by one person to another to pay a specified sum to a specified person or.

A set of four twistable bayonet type shear keys used as part of a spreader to pick up a container or as part of a chassis to secure the containers.

A takeover bid by one company for another, in which the directors of the target company oppose.

In the middle portion of the boat - Roughly halfway between a ship's stem and stern, and where the beam usually is the widest.

A system in which a working fluid is used over and over without introduction of new fluid, as in a hydronic heating system or mechanical refrigeration system.

A laborer who works at loading and discharging cargo.

The mean difference between the readings of a given instrument and those of a standard instrument.

A frame that supports a boat when she's hauled out of the water onto shore.

An imaginary line around the center of the earth at 0

In a line parallel to the ship's keel.

Pounds per square inch, differential.

The component of a solar energy heating system that collects solar radiation, and that contains components to absorb solar radiation and transfer the heat to a heat transfer fluid (air or liquid).

A mast that is in place is stepped.