To search for a sunken object by towing a grapnel along bottom.

A process employed in the shipment of citrus fruits and other perishable commodities. The fruit is packed and placed in a cold room from which the heat is gradually extracted. The boxes of fruit are packed in containers that have been thoroughly cooled an ...

Slang expression to indicate that a ship was not fitted with any mechanical aids, and that all the work of the ship had to be done with the strong arms of the crew.

Navigation rules governing waters inside designated demarcation zones

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.

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

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

A filtering unit for vented enclosures installed to prevent dirt and foreign matter from entering the enclosure.

(1) To tip the boat over so that the boat is upside down with the mast pointing down to the sea bottom. (2) A bag in which a spinnaker or other large sail can be stowed with the lines attached so that it can be rapidly raised.

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

An extra or additional charge.

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 area of calm which lies inside the trade winds near the equator.

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

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

The U.S. federal body charged with enforcing acts of the U.S. Congress that affect common carriers in interstate commerce. STB replaced the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1997.

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

To loose a rope is to let it go

A measurement applied to filters or filter media to indicate the particle size at which suspended solids above that size will be removed.

A line connecting points of equal magnetic variation on a map.