White-lead and tallow used on standing rigging.

A tax payable by a company on its profits. The full rate is 30%, but there is a lower rate for.

freezing of a piston ring in its groove in a piston engine or reciprocating compressor due to heavy deposits in the piston ring zone.

see Chanty.

Light displacement tonnage, lost during transhipment

In the US a company can file for protection under Chapter 11 of the country's bankruptcy laws. The.

A B/L wherein the paying customer has contracted with the carrier that shipper or consignee information is not given.

is one in which a portion of the original system energy is dissipated and cannot be returned to the system through its own operation. The system and/or surroundings cannot be returned to their original state.

Without sufficient crew.

To go onboard, to go into a ship, or to gain access to a vessel.

The theoretical speed that a boat can travel without planing, based on the shape of its hull This speed is 1.34 times the length of a boat at its waterline. Also known as hull speed.

The headway a vessel makes when luffed in the wind; the distance a sailing vessel will shoot up to windward when brought head to head in the act of tacking.

First voyage of a ship.

A boat with one hull.

A desiccant most commonly used in heat regenerative type dryers.

An organization established by the members of an ocean conference acts as a self-policing force with broad authority to investigate tariff violations, including authority to scrutinize all documents kept by the carriers and their personnel. Violations are ...

Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers

A flexible strip used for fairing lines.

A 19th century term for a yachtsman who sails his own yacht without the help of a professional skipper.