Under ICC and common law, the requirement that a rate not be higher than is necessary to reimburse the carrier for the actual cost of transporting the traffic and allow a fair profit.

A person or firm who transacts all business in a port on behalf of shipowners or charterers. Also called shipping agent; agent.

The horsepower required to compress adiabatically the air or gas delivered by the compressor through the specified range of pressures.

In wooden ship construction, these were cylindrical pins of oak which were used to secure the planks to her timbers. Pronounced "trennels".

Vibration isolation mount. Provides reductions in vibration transmission.

Illegal passenger who hides himself on board a ship in order to gain free passage or to escape from a country.

Air pressure

An attachment point for another object.

Forward. The opposite of abaft.

Sailing in the same direction as the wind with the wind coming from the stern.

To change the course of a sailing vessel.

The post that the rudder is attached to. The wheel or tiller is connected to the rudder post.

The process of assimilating many small shipments into one large shipment at a central point so that economies of scale may be achieved; to commence discharge of cargo.

A formula of the specific factors or elements that control the making of a rate. A rate can be based on any number of factors (i.e., weight, measure, equipment type, package, box, etc.).

ACRONYM - Approach temperature. Usually the difference between cooling water temperature in to compressed air temperature out of an inter-cooler or after-cooler. Sometimes used to define oil cooler efficiency (cooling water temperature in to oil temperatu ...

A traditional maritime saying to indicate that it is time for a morning drink, it was generally assumed that in northern latitudes the sun would show above the foreyard of a ship by 11.00 which was approximately the time in many ships of the forenoon "sta ...

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

First attempt at best offer that can be matched

Screen of cloth or other material to give the crew protection against the weather, wind and water spray.

Cargo delivered to/from the carrier where origin/destination of the cargo is in the local area.