Abbreviation for "Cost, Insurance, Freight." (Named Port) Same as C&F or CFR except seller also provides insurance to named destination.

Food.

Price includes commission as well as CIF.

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

Cost, Insurance, Freight, Interest and Exchange.

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

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 ...

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.

Abbreviation for "Cost, Insurance, Freight And Exchange."

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

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.

A kind of winch, which is applied on sweep/survey ship for receiving/ throwing and towing the sweeping apparatus and hawser, and performing of sweeping the sediments under sea.

A clause in a Bill of lading which specifies the least charge that the carrier will make for issuing a lading. The charge may be a definite sum or the current charge per ton for any specified quantity.

The two sides of a block. (2) Pieces of timber attached to the mast below the masthead to support the trestle trees.

Absolutely calm weather with a perfectly smooth sea.

The ratio of the absolute discharge pressure to the absolute inlet pressure.

A containerload of different articles in a single consignment.

To bring a sailing vessel into the wind and change to another tack. One who is influenced to a change of opinion.

A partial refund of an import fee. Refund usually results because goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.

A winch with one or more rope storage drums for veering out, hauling in or making fast tow ropes.