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

An opening in the deck near the bow from which the spinnaker is hoisted. Spinnakers are also often referred to as chutes.

Voyages where the ship is not generally underway for periods long enough for seafarers to require sleep, or long off-duty periods, during the voyages.

Line used for checking a vessel's way when warping her into a dock or basin.

Abbreviation for "Cost and Insurance." A price that includes the cost of the goods, the marine insurance and all transportation charges except the ocean freight to the named point of destination.

A block with one end permanently attached to a surface.

The compressor continuously compresses, however, when the maximum pressure is reached, the delivered air is blown off to the atmosphere instead of being fed to the receiver.

A public/private initiative to promote the efficiency of compressed air in the US.

Cost, Insurance, Freight, Interest and Exchange.

Limited Smooth Water Service.

A filter unit that combines three principles to filter out oil aerosols: 1) Direct interception - A sieving action, 2) Inertial impaction - Collision with filter media fibers, 3) Diffusion -Particles travel in a spiral motion, presenting an effective fron ...

Abbreviation for "Carload" and "Containerload".

Remove unnecessary things from the decks usually in preparation for oncoming bad weather.

Damage that is not evident from viewing the unopened package.

The tackle used to adjust the clew in and out on the boom.

The unit that runs continuously and matches air supply to demand, by loading and unloading the compressor.

A watertight bulkhead at the forepeak extending to main deck. This bulkhead prevents the entire ship from being flooded in case of a collision.

To touch the ground, with the keel, for a minute or so and then proceed again.

A bar which projects above the coaming and which bears against a continuous rubber gasket strip set into the hatch panels of steel hatch covers in order to provide a weathertight seal.

Referring to the lines of a vessel's hull when they give a a fine and unobstructed run from bow to stern so that she moves through the water smoothly.