Are the connections between the headers and the work station.

Space booked by shipper or charterer on a vessel but not used

The method by which a racing yacht may object to the actions of a rival on the basis of a breach of the racing rules. A protest committee will hear both sides, and if the protest is upheld, the offending yacht may be penalized.

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

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.

A container constructed to carry grain, powder and other free-flowing solids in bulk. Used in conjunction with a tilt chassis or platform.

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

The slight deflection of very small particles in a gas stream that occurs when rapidly moving gas molecules strike them.

A shipment loaded into a container at the pier or terminal, thence to the consignee's facility.

To place pieces of dunnage in between pieces of cargo in order to prevent shifting of the cargo.

On larger sailing vessels, the space between the foremast and mainmast where spare spars were stored.

On square rigged ships, lines or cables attached to the ends of each yard; these are used to pivot (brace) the yards around the mast at different angles to the fore-and-aft line of the ship to make the most of the wind..

A dock line leading forward or aft, to prevent a vessel from moving ahead or astern. The after bow spring line is attached near the bow and runs aft, where it is attached to the dock. The forward quarter spring line is attached to the quarter of the boat, ...

A change made either in the route of a shipment in transit (see Reconsignment) or of the entire ship.

(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 government office where duties are paid, import documents filed, etc., on foreign shipments.

An adiabatic compression with no increase in entropy; a reversible-adiabatic compression.

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

A two-masted vessel with foremast square rigged, and mainmast fore and aft rigged. Originally, a ship of brigands, or pirates.

A condition of filter element loading in which contaminant spans the space between adjacent sections of a filter element, thus blocking a portion of the useful filtration.