A desiccant most commonly used in heat regenerative type dryers.

Vertical frame components fitted at the corners of the container, integral to the corner fittings and connecting the roof and floor structures. Containers are lifted and secured in a stack using the castings at the ends.

Contracts with berth CIP. NOR can be given when within commercial limits of the port

Timber placed across the floor of the cargo hold to protect it from damage.

The water level used to record data on a chart. Usually the average low tide water level. It is the level below which depths on a chart are measured, and above which keights of a tide are expressed.

Small birds that foretell bad weather and bad luck.

A device that achieves very high temperatures by the use of reflectors to focus and concentrate sunlight onto a small receiver.

Without sufficient crew.

A clumsy and unskilled man.

A piece of equipment designed to lift containers by their corner castings.

Engineering science pertaining to gaseous pressure and flow.

The difference in pressure between the opening pressure and reclose pressure of a valve. May be expressed in percentage of set pressure or "psig".

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

Said of a wind when it is light and variable in direction, not blowing steadily from any direction.

A term used in wills which refers to the personal possessions of the maker of the will. Such items.

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.

All matter consists of molecules which are in constant motion, but which are held together by molecular forces. In a solid the molecules are closely packed and arranged in such a pattern that the influence of the molecular forces is very strong. This give ...

A flexible strip used for fairing lines.

Canvas or wood seat attached a halyard to raise and lower someone to work on the mast

Pounds per square inch, gauge. Pressure indicated by a pressure gauge.