A valve that controls the flow in air lines.

An oil-skin hat with broad rear brim.

Used to confine the bowsprit down to the stem or cutwater.

Limited Smooth Water Service.

A smaller version of the flag of the country being visited. It is flown from the starboard spreader.

The cabin roof, raised above the deck to provide headroom in the cabin. Also trunk.

When a line is pulled as tight as is can go, as when two blocks are pulled together so that no further movement is possible (also known as "Two blocked").

A machine having two or more impellers operating in series on a single shaft and in single casing.

Stowage of general or special cargoes in a container for transport in the various modes.

The crew's term for the chief engineer.

Foreign matter carried in the air, gas or fluid to be filtered out. Includes air borne dirt, metallic particles produced by wear of moving parts of the air compressor, rust from metal pipelines.

The time that the container was discharged (grounded) from the train.

Percentage of cargo or passengers carried e.g. 4000 tons carried on a vessel of 10000 capacity has a load factor of 40%

Machines in which air or gas is compressed in each cylinder or casing from initial intake pressure to final discharge pressure.

A sheet or halyard coiled so that it will run out quickly without becoming tangled.

A carrier which has a direct physical connection with, or forms a link between two or more carriers.

Is the ratio of the actual volume of the gas to the volume determined according to the perfect gas law.

To clap on is to temporarily add something to an existing part.

The area leading down from the deck to the cabin, usually with steps (ladder)