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A book with a record of every occurrence and incident concerning the ship.

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The bearing which supports the propeller shaft where it emerges from the ship.

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The process of connecting a moving rail car with a motionless rail car within a rail classification yard in order to make up a train. The cars move by gravity from an incline or "hump" onto the appropriate track.

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Floating wreckage from a shipwreck.

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A knot with two half hitches loops - on the standing part of the line.

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The side-to-side (athwartship) motion of a vessel.

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An occasional sprinkling dashed from the top of a wave by the wind, or by its striking an object.

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A dining room on a ship.

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To mark a course on a chart.

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Abbreviation for "Cubic Meter."

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DC. A continuous, one directional flow of electricity.(2) A type of electricity transmission and distribution by which electricity flows in one direction through the conductor; usually relatively low voltage and high current; typically abbreviated as dc.

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A container with no sides and frame members at the front and rear. Container can be loaded from the sides and top.

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Said of a vessel when forced to heave to or lie at anchor due to fog.

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Used to denote movements of cargo containers interchangeably between transport modes, i.e., motor, water, and air carriers, and where the equipment is compatible within the multiple systems.

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The power which is theoretically required to compress a gas under constant entropy from a given inlet pressure to a given discharge pressure. (calculated assuming ideal conditions).

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The left side of a vessel when looking forward.

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Equipped to extract petroleum, e.g. oil production ship.

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A chaplain.

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Small, steep disorderly waves at rapid intervals.

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