Blue working overalls.

A sailboat sailing on a tack with the wind coming from starboard and the boom on the port side. If two boats under sail are approaching, the one on port tack must give way to the boat on starboard tack.

The captain or master of a ship.

A system in which distilled water, antifreeze, and/or corrosion inhibitors are circulated through a collector and storage tank in a closed loop. Heat picked up from the collector by the circulating fluid is transferred to the storage tank through the clos ...

A number of yarns, twisted together and which in turn may be twisted into rope; a rope is stranded when a strain is broken; rope may be designated by the number of strands composing. Rope is commonly three-stranded. A vessel run ashore is said to be stran ...

Strips of material temporarily holding parts of a ship in position.

A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer

A winch having one or more drums, which may operate independently or simultaneously, to hold、haul in or veer out the trawl ropes. It may have monitoring safety devices and spooling gear to protect ropes、net and gear. Auxiliary drums and warping ends may b ...

Represents a complete record of the transaction between exporter and importer with regard to the goods sold. Also reports the content of the shipment and serves as the basis for all other documents about the shipment.

One whose occupation is to rig or unrig vessels.

A rate published to apply to a specific article or articles.

The evolution of swinging a ship's head through several headings to obtain compass errors for the purpose of making a deviation table.

A system in which air supply is matched to demand by the starting and stopping of the unit.

Is a pipe coming from the top of the airline to feed air to an outlet for tools or air operated devices, so that condensation does not easily flow into the dropleg.

The designation provided in a classification by which a class rate is determined.

Ships which can carry both liquid and dry bulk cargoes.

The amount the compass is deflected from the true direction by variation (magnetic) and deviation (metallic influences) together

A letter of credit, issued by a foreign bank, whose validity has been confirmed by a domestic bank. An exporter with a confirmed letter of credit is assured of payment even if the foreign buyer or the foreign bank defaults.

A method of bending a material into an appropriate shape without heating or steaming the material first to soften it.

A safety device, used to fasten a propeller to its shaft; it breaks when the propeller hits a solid object, thus preventing further damage.