A monetary allowance to the customer for picking up or delivering at a point other than the destination shown on the bill of lading. This provision is covered by tariff publication.

Making a ship just as it is about to sail.

Is the saturation pressure at the critical temperature.

Still, seaworthy, able.

To lift or raise, such as a sail or a flag.

A valve to control the flow of air in a certain direction.

Energy which a substance possesses because of the motion and configuration of its atoms, molecules, and subatomic particles.

A loss discovered before or at the time of delivery of a shipment.

A compressor belonging to the group of displacement rotary compressors, a type of valve less displacement machine. Also referred to as "Roots blower".

A bullying and tyrannical officer; he would drive his crew by brutality and the power of his fists.

An able-bodied seamen entrusted with the steering of a vessel when entering or leaving a harbor. He is also involved with the use and upkeep of navigational equipment.

Adjustable stays used to support and control tension on the mast when the wind is from abaft the beam; temporary backstays used to stabilize the mast and prevent undue flexing due to the pumping action of the sea.

A stern sprit or spar extending from the stern.

Loose and broken ice in bays, or along exposed edges of floes.

Contraction for "Shipper's Export Declaration."

A measurement. Parts per million

Machines in which compression is effected by the positive action of rotating elements.

Said of a line that leads from its point of attachment towards the bow of the ship.

A wind coming from the southwest

On a square-rigged ship, the short pieces of line which hang from the yards and support the footropes on which the topmen stand while working aloft on the sails.