A small bag for carrying or stowing all personal articles.

An instrument for measuring the amount of air flow of a compressor. Measured in CFM.

To turn the boat away from the wind. Also, Fall Off. The opposite of heading up.

A method of moving a boat with oars. The person rowing the boat faces backwards, bringing the blade of the oars out of the water and toward the bow of the boat. They then pull the oars through the water toward the stern of the boat, moving the boat forwar ...

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.

Container freight station or a designated area where empty containers can be picked up or dropped off.

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.

The way a boats spars and sails are arranged. To rig a vessel is to fit her with masts, spars, sails and running and standing rigging; term is also used to mean the setting up a device, e.g., to rig a lifeline, a tackle, etc

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

Iron or steel straps fastened diagonally across a ship's frames to make a rigid framework.

To spin out of control and capsize or nearly capsize; The turning of a boat broadside to the wind or waves, subjecting it to possible capsizing; a turning or swinging of the boat that puts the beam of the boat against the waves, creating a danger of swamp ...

Course Over Ground

Is the lowest temperature to which oil must be heated under standardized test conditions to drive off sufficient inflammable vapour to flash when brought into contact with a flame. Flash points of petroleum based lubricants increase with increasing pressu ...

Mobile truck equipment with the capacity for lifting a container within its own framework.

Time after which legal claims will not be entertained

The bow and forward part of the vessel above the waterline.

Cubic feet per minute (cfm) of air required at the inlet to the distribution system.

Determination of the dutiable value of imported merchandise by a Customs official who follows procedures outlined in their country's tariff, such as the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930.

Rum diluted with water. In the 1700s the daily ration of rum in the British Navy was diluted with water with the idea of reducing drunkenness. The term groggy was derived from the effects of drinking too much grog.

Covered tunnels within a ship through which the tail shafts pass.