The situation of the sails when the wind presses their surfaces against the mast, and tends to force the vessel astern.

A vertical post usually employed as a support - Also called a Sampson post

Artificial Intelligence.

1.American Chemical Society.2.Arab Classification Society.

Freight payable at destination.

Vessel

Across. Athwart-ships. Across the line of the vessel's keel. Athwart-hawse. Across the direction of a vessel's head. Across her cable.

A sunshine recorder of the type in which the time scale is supplied by the motion of the sun. It consists of two opaque metal semi-cylinders mounted with their curved surfaces facing each other. Each of the semi-cylinders has a short narrow slit in its fl ...

Azerbaijan (flag)

The circular part of a shroud or stay, where it goes over a mast. Eye-bolt. A long iron bar, having an eye at one end, driven through a vessel's deck or side into a timber or beam, with the eye remaining out, to hook a tackle to. If there is a ring throug ...

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Whether In Berth Or Not

Afloat Prepositioning Force.

See B/L

Belize (Flag)

Breaks in a coating that extend through to the underlying surface.

U.S. Customs' "Automated Broker Interface," by which brokers file importers' entries electronically.

A large, cautious turn made to approach a gangway or to come alongside a vessel or jetty in a boat.

An iron plate covering a hawse hole.

A layer consisting of a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide deposited on surfaces being cathodically protected because of the increased pH adjacent to the protected surface.