A port designated by the government of a country for duty-free entry of any non-prohibited goods. Merchandise may be stored, displayed, used for manufacturing, etc., within the zone and re-exported without duties.

Flat bottomed vessel with a shallow draught.

The space between decks. The name of the deck or decks between the ceiling and main deck.

Is a process taking place under constant temperature. To compress the gas from state 1 to state 2, heat must be removed to keep the temperature constant. The pressure change is reciprocal to the change in specific volume.

(0.2+0.02 log10(Vc)) Vc (4d/3D)2, for passenger ships the following formula is added: 1.25 (GT+10000)/10000 (N1+(N2/10)), where Vc is the volume of cargo holds, D is the distance between ship's bottom and the uppermost deck, d is the draught N1 is the num ...

The weight shown in a waybill and freight bill, i.e, the invoiced weight.

A trailer or semi-trailer with no sides and with the floor of the unit close to the ground.

A piece of wood fitted in various places to act as a preventative to chafe.

A closed rail freight car.

Pipe lines to a compartment for smothering a fire by steam or by a chemical.

A bridge that can be raised vertically to allow boats to pass underneath.

Very small wooden pail having one stave prolonged to form a handle. Used as a bailer in a boat.

On a square-rigged ship, the act of lowering a spar or yard to the deck.

Place where loose or other non-containerized cargo is ungrouped for delivery.

A large body of water taken aboard (ship a sea).

The officer in charge of the watch.

A pointed spar driven into the bottom and projecting above the water; when driven at the corners of a dock, they are termed fender piles.

Small horizontal spars extending athwartships from one or more places along the mast. The shrouds cross the end of these "spreaders", enabling the shrouds to better support the mast.

A rail fastened along the inside of the bulwarks of a vessel and pierced to hold belaying pins

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