A mobile container-handling crane used to load/unload containers to/from railcars.

A transportation arrangement in which truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to a destination. Also known as Rail Pigs.

A pointed spar driven into the bottom and projecting above the water; when driven at the corners of a dock, they are termed fender piles.

(1) A piece of equipment used to drive piles into the ground. (2) Name given to a ship which because of her short length, cannot ride two consecutive waves, and pitches violently into the second.

Any steel bar or column, fitted vertically, to support a deck, or any part of a ship's structure. Also called a stanchion.

An individual with specific knowledge of a harbor, canal, river or other waterway, qualified to guide vessels through the region. Some areas require that boats and ships be piloted by a licensed pilot.

A small balloon whose ascent is followed by a theodolite in order to obtain data for the computation of winds aloft.

A method of winds aloft observation in which the elevation and azimuth angles of a theodolite are read while visually tracking a pilot balloon. Balloon height data is estimated from assumed balloon ascension rates.

A power or sailing boat used by pi-lots (men who have local knowledge of navigation hazards of ports).

A compartment on or near the bridge of a ship that contains the steering wheel and other controls, compass, charts, navigating equipment and means of communicating with the engine room and other parts of the ship. Also known as wheelhouse

Petroleum Industries Marine Association (of Japan)

Project Initiatin Management System.

The metal axle of a block upon which the sheave revolves.

In sailboat racing, the mark or buoy that signifies one side of the starting line, opposite of the race committee boat.

A rail fastened along the inside of the bulwarks of a vessel and pierced to hold belaying pins

To sail too close to the wind so that the sails start to luff.

Sailing too close to the wind

The smaller of two mating or meshing gears; can be either the driving or the driven gear.

P and I Oil Pollution Indemnity Clause

Another name for the bo'sun's whistle.