The typical winds for a particular region and time of year.

Carriers' practice of dividing revenue received from through rates where joint hauls are involved. This is usually according to agreed formulae.

Fitted with drilling rig (oil derrick with rotary drill and a mud pumping system), drilling for petroleum.

Articles which are taken apart to reduce the cubic footage displaced or to make a better shipping unit and are to be re-assembled.

(1) Said of seas that break over a vessel or over a sea wall. (2) A whale breaches when it leaps out of the water.

Sailor's slang for anchor.

A time draft under a letter of credit that has been accepted and purchased by a bank at a discount.

Turbines or engines in which gas expands, does work, and undergoes a drop in temperature.

A vessel formed of two or more hulls. A catamaran has two hulls, and a trimaran has three hulls.

Is the energy a substance possesses by virtue of its motion or velocity. Used primarily in calculations for dynamic and ejector type compressors.

Is the unique temperature to which the air (or any gas) must be cooled in order that it shall be saturated with respect to ice.

To break into a conversation.

To sail too close to the wind so that the sails start to luff.

Let the sail out by easing the sheet.

Charge made for local hauling by dray or truck. Same as Cartage.

Shell or body of a ship.

To take in the slack and secure the standing rigging.

A schooner with a square rigged sail on the forward mast.

Practices and measures that increase energy efficiency.

The person or company who is usually the supplier or owner of commodities shipped. Also called Consignor.