To subject petroleum oil to heat for breaking down into lighter products.

A sleeping berth or bed.

A watertight cockpit with scuppers, drains, or bailers that remove water.

Abbreviation for "Currency Adjustment Factor." A charge, expressed as a percentage of a base rate, that is applied to compensate ocean carriers of currency fluctuations.

A container fitted with a rear door and a minimum of one side door.

A watertight covering, usually small, that may be removed so the interior of the hull can be inspected or water removed.

The bottom of a wave, the valley between the crests.

Stowing cargo destined for a specific location close together to avoid unnecessary cargo movement.

The left side of a vessel when looking forward.

To sail towards the direction from which the wind blows by making a series of tacks. A point of sail also known as sailing close hauled.

A pattern or template. Also a shape of metal or wood over or in which an object may be hammered or pressed to fit.

A term indicating that a vessel is holding her own against a contrary current.

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

The position of an object that lies off to one side of the vessel.

Pre-Cooling of intake air for compressors and Blowers.

Floating wreckage from a shipwreck.

Closing small leaks in a vessel's underwater body by drawing a sail, filled with oakum, underneath her.

To stop the running out of a line by taking a turn around a cleat, piling, etc.; to suddenly stop or secure a line. A ship with too much way can be snubbed by letting an anchor go.

During the operation of tacking, the moment when a sailing vessel is head to the wind and hanging there, with her head not paying off on the opposite tack. Such a vessel is said to be "in stays" or "in irons".