A device for mounting cylinders.

A basin for receiving a vessel for repairs, capable of being pumped dry (to repair vessel and scrape marine growth from bottom).

Free from living organisms and especially micro-organisms. Usually used in food and dairy applications.

Registry of the vessel is foreign to that of the country in which the company that owns the ship is located.

Not in packages or containers; shipped loose in the hold of a ship without mark and count." Grain, coal and sulfur are usually bulk freight.

Removing waste from a holding tank.

A kind of winch, which is applied for receiving/throwing the hydrographic survey apparatus, and performing the hydrographic measurements.

Close alongside; very near; in close proximity to.

An order to haul up.

The ratio of loaded miles to empty miles.

A railroad yard with many tracks used for assembling freight trains.

Is the ambient gas temperature as indicated by a standard thermometer.

Right Ascension of a celestial body is the arc of the equinoctial between Aries and the meridian of the object, always reckoning eastward from Aries.

Various pieces of rigging which hold a bowsprit in position.

39.37 inches (approximately).

The rules which govern the management and timing of takeover bids involving companies listed on.

An anti trust act of the U.S. Congress making price discrimination unlawful.

The stopping of articles, such as peanuts, etc., for cleaning at a point between the point of origin and destination.

Starting a compressor from a state of total shutdown. Usually done with "local" control at the compressor. May be done with "remote" control, but only advised with "heavy" instrumentation and monitoring accessories.

When documents presented do not conform to the requirements of the letter of credit (L/C), it is referred to as a "discrepancy." Banks will not process L/C's which have discrepancies. They will refer the situation back to the buyer and/or seller and await ...