To hold off a boat with a staff, boathook, long spar, etc., to prevent her from coming along too heavily. also known as Fend Off.

A group of vessel operators joined together for the purpose of establishing freight rates.

A mast supported by the use of lines or wire known as stays and shrouds.

The after rail at the stern of a ship. Also called a Pushpit

A metal fitting on the mast that the stays attached to the mast; a fitting on the mast for securing rigging.

Wooden shoulders attached below the masthead to either side of a wooden mast which originally supported the trestle trees.

Seaman's name for a reef knot tied upside down. also called a "granny" knot.

A short length of rope secured at one end, and used in securing or checking a running rope, e.g., deck stopper, boat fall stopper, etc.

ACRONYM - MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

The rate (in liters or gallons per minute, cubic meters or cubic feet per second, or other quantity per time unit) Air related flows are usually expressed in CFM, SCFM, ACFM, ICFM

A device designed to enable accumulated liquids to be held for draining in a compressed air system.

Daily; occurring once a day.

The navigable water to leeward of a vessel.

The latest time cargo may be delivered to a terminal for loading to a scheduled train or ship.

The moisture content of air.

Railroad terminal where containers are received or delivered and trains loaded or discharged. Originally, trailers moved onto the rearmost flatcar via a ramp and driven into position in a technique known as "circus loading." Most modern rail facilities us ...

Filtration that occurs at the surface layer (as opposed to within the body depth) of the filter, and is accomplished by passing the material to be filtered over a grating, screen, sieve or membrane fabric with micro sized holes. The size of the holes in t ...

(1) Shallow water. (2) An underwater sand bar or hill that has its top near the surface.

Federal Maritime Commission. The U.S. Governmental regulatory body responsible for administering maritime affairs including the tariff system, Freight Forwarder Licensing, enforcing the conditions of the Shipping Act and approving conference or other carr ...

A dimensionless flow parameter, ( Jnr/m), in which J is a significant dimension, often a diameter, n is the fluid velocity, r is mass density, and m is dynamic viscosity, all in consistent units.