A navigational buoy on which is mounted a bell with clappers hung inside a metal cage, which is rung by the motion of the sea. It serves as a warning of shoal waters.

A transportation line that hauls export or import traffic between ports and inland points.

Liquefied Petroleum Gas, or a carrier of LPG.

A contract for transportation between a shipper and a carrier. It also evidences receipt of the cargo by the carrier. A bill of lading shows ownership of the cargo and, if made negotiable, can be bought, sold or traded while the goods are in-transit.

An air operated device for hoisting or pulling. Similar to a slusher or winch

A design in which the forestay does not go to the very top of the mast, but instead to a point 3/4-7/8 of the way up the mast.

A region near the earth in which the relative velocity increases from zero with elevation, due to the motion of the atmosphere relative to the earth's surface.

Jail

Originally meant "to stow cargo". Now, means "to search a ship carefully and thoroughly".

A bulkhead, frame, or longitudinal stiffener, running fore and aft.

Similar to a Barber hauler, a twing adjusts the angle of sheeting.

1.06 liquid U.S. quarts or 33.9 fluid ounces.

Transverse or longitudinal partitions separating portions of the ship ("walls" in a ship).

Sailing with the wind from astern, in the same direction toward which the wind is blowing

To assist or help.

A navigational instrument used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies

Various means for allowing LNG tanks to expand and contract due to temperature changes by sliding on the tank supports while restricting its movement due to the motion of the vessel.

A tariff imposed to discourage sale of foreign goods, subsidized to sell at low prices detrimental to local manufacturers.

Weight of the earth's atmosphere over a unit area of the earth's surface, measured with a mercury barometer at sea level. which corresponds to the pressure required to lift a column of mercury 760 mm.

See insurance.