A breakwater used as a landing pier.

The manner in which a shipment moves; i.e., the carriers handling it and the points at which the carriers interchange.

A sail having battens that run the full horizontal length of the sail.

A vertical support for guardrails and lifelines.

Are the connections between the headers and the work station.

A time or a date draft that has been accepted by the buyer (the drawee) for payment at maturity.

(1) The portion of an anchor that digs securely into the bottom, holding the boat in place. (2) The two triangular parts which make up a whale's tail.

A compressor belonging to the group of displacement reciprocating compressors.

The total pressure measured from absolute zero ( i.e., from an absolute vacuum).

Prepare for going to sea, extra lashing on all movable objects.

A standard numerical code used by the U.S. Government to classify products and services.

An all around white light displayed at night by a ship when she is anchored.

To develop a hole or break in the hull through which seawater could enter. Term originated from a sprung plank.

Machine which receives dry bulk cargo. It is used for stowing sugar,ores and minerals in the holds.

The study of the earth's waters.

An enemy vessel captured at sea by a privateer or a ship of war. The term is also applied to contraband cargo taken from a merchant ship.

Compartment in which clothing for issue to crew is stowed.

This type of insurance offers the shipper the broadest coverage available, covering against all losses that may occur in transit.

The swell of a ship's hull around the propeller shaft.

A filter assembly in which the inlet, outlet and filter element axes are in a straight line.