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 ...

Any system, usually block & tackle or hydraulic, used to hold the boom down. This is useful for maintaining proper sail shape by exerting a downward pull on the boom, particularly when running or on a broad reach.

Words incorporated when signing under duress and not concurring entirely with import of document signed, and after stating grounds of non-concurrence.

Shipments loaded and sealed by shippers and not checked or verified by the carriers.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed from initial pressure to an intermediate pressure in one or more cylinders or casings.

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.

A manmade structure, in or around a harbor, designed to break the force of the sea, thus providing shelter.

A round wood plug inserted in a hole to cover a nail, screw, or bolt.

An old seafaring dish made of boiled oatmeal seasoned with salt, sugar, and butter.

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

A call on the bo'sun's pipe at night for the hands to turn in, for silence in the messdecks, and for lights to be extinguished. Also a term used by a sailor to another to make them stop talking.

Said of a boat which turns end over end in very rough seas.

The moisture content of air.

A call to turn out of bunks.

Daily; occurring once a day.

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 ...

A rest for a cargo-boom when lowered for securing for sea.

T/C remuneration

Loan issued against some security

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