An itemized list of goods shipped to a buyer, stating quantities, prices, shipping charges, etc.

Knees placed in the forward part of a vessel, across the stem, to unite the bows on each side. (See PLATE 3.)

A short spar under the cap of the bowsprit used for holding down a jib boom.

Analog

Various statements that the U.S. government requires to be displayed on export shipments. The statements specify the authorized destinations.

A person whose business is to act as an agent on behalf of the shipper. A freight forwarder frequently makes the booking reservation.

Where the engines of a ship are confined.

Is the temperature at which water vapor begins to condense at atmospheric pressure. Is the same as dew point, but is related to atmospheric air only.

A term used to describe a chemical process in which heat is released. For example, combustion is an exothermic process because heat is released. A reaction or process that produces heat; a combustion reaction.

A rail car without a roof and walls.

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

The tender of one lot of cargo at one time from one shipper to one consignee on one bill of lading.

A unit of pressure used with vacuum pumps, equal to 1mm of mercury and 133.32 Pascal's.

Sailor slang for marriage.

An opening in a deck, cockpit, toe-rail or gunwale to allow water to run off the deck and drain back into the sea.

Is the temperature at the inlet flange of the compressor.

A propeller at the lower sea-covered part of the bow of the ship which turns at right angles to the fore-and-aft line and thus provides transverse thrust as a maneuvering aid. A propulsor installed near the bow to provide a transverse thrust component en ...

A platform and protective coaming setting high up on a mast, to accommodate the look-out aloft while the ship is at sea.

In a line parallel to the ship's keel.

A vertical longitudinal center line section of a vessel.