Present a rate proposal to a conference meeting for adoption as a conference group rate.

An astray shipment (a lost shipment that is found) sent to its proper destination without additional charge.

Loose ends of line left hanging over a ship's side.

Any steel bar or column, fitted vertically, to support a deck, or any part of a ship's structure. Also called a stanchion.

A hand held pneumatic tool. Designed for light demolition work, digging, making holes etc.

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

The escape of water molecules from a liquid to the gas phase at the surface of a body of water.2. The conversion of a liquid to a vapor (gas), usually by means of heat.

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

The man stationed aloft or in the bows for observing and reporting objects seen.

A draft that matures either a certain number of days after acceptance or a certain number of days after the date of the draft.

Forcing material into the seams of the planks in a boat's deck or sides to make them watertight; the material itself. Oakum was once the material used for this purpose, and was then sealed with hot pitch to prevent it from rotting. Today there are polymer ...

To take in, or lower a sail. To put out a light. To cover with water.

A device for separating solids or suspended particles in the air before they enter the air intake of the compressor and reduce intake noise as on reciprocating compressors through a silencing chamber in the filter housing.

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

Allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be transported in bond through the U.S. to be exported from another port, without paying duty.

A bulkhead placed athwartships.

Are used with ejectors to convert weight of gas and/or water vapor handled to or from equivalent air.

An insurance term referring to any defect or other characteristic of a product that could result in damage to the product without external cause (for example, instability in a chemical that could cause it to explode spontaneously). Insurance policies may ...

To transfer goods from one transportation line to another, or from one ship to another.

(1) A small wooden cask in which grog was carried. (2) A type of marine steam reciprocating engine where two engines were used together on the same propeller shaft.