Wood or metal supports (Dunnage) to keep shipments in place to prevent cargo shifting.

Abbreviation for "Cubic Meter."

The minimum temperature at which sufficient vapor is released by a liquid or solid (fuel) to form a flammable vapor-air mixture at atmospheric pressure.

A scheme set up to give limited financial protection to people with deposits in authorised banks.

When a company decides to list its shares on a stock market it has to go through an elaborate.

An element that can control current without moving parts, heated filaments, or vacuum gaps.

On gaff-rigged sailing vessels the luff of the mainsail is secured to the mast by wooden hoops, which slide up or down the mast as the sail is raised or lowered.

The rules concerning which vessel has the right of way if there is a possibility of collision between two or more boats; written to prevent accidents and collisions; includes right of way, lights, pennants, and whistle signals

An investor who believes that the prices of shares are going to rise. He is therefore a buyer in.

A reversal pattern in technical analysis.

Costs that do not vary with the level of activity. Some fixed costs continue even if no cargo is carried. Terminal leases, rent and property taxes are fixed costs.

A set of rules or conventions used to standardize data transfer between devices.

Small line used for whipping other light duties.

A mutual fund which invests in bonds which may be government, municipal or.

A measure of the rate of change in an option's delta for a one-unit change in the price of the.

Taxation of corporate earnings and subsequently taxation of.

A block and tackle attached to the boom and the deck to prevent the main from gybing when sailing downwind

A small multi-pronged anchor used on dinghies and small boats. Also used to drag along the bottom to recover something that has sunk.

New York Society of Maritime Arbitrators

A horizontal pole or spar attached to the mast to which the foot (lower edge) of the sail is fastened