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A system of rivers and canals along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States allowing boats to travel along them without having to go offshore.

To spill the sails is to take the wind out of the sails, either by heading up into the wind, or by easing the sheets to the point where the sails can hold no wind.

The difference between the discharge pressure and the intake pressure.

A nautical guy, often a negative connotation.

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

A development of the carrack, with the high forecastle eliminated.

Under U.S. tax law, a corporation created to obtain tax exemption on part of the earnings of U.S. products in foreign markets. Must be set-up as a foreign corporation with an office outside the USA.

A rope used for additional support or for additional securing, e.g., preventer stay.

Surface which forms a shore-based interface with ships.

The forward part of a boat's main deck.

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

A rail service whereby rail cars carry containers stacked two high on specially operated unit trains. Each train includes up to 35 articulated multi-platform cars. Each car is comprised of 5 well-type platforms upon which containers can be stacked. No cha ...

Legendary opportunists who lured vessels onto shoals during nights when there was no moonlight to illuminate the coastline.

Shortening of the old term "boatswain," an unlicensed member of the crew who supervises the work of the deck men under direction of the first mate.

The piece of board on which a man working aloft is swung.

The mechanical power required to compress polytropically and to deliver, through the specified range of pressures, the gas delivered by the compressor.

Effective June 18, 1984, describes the law covering water transportation in the U.S. foreign trade.

The Greek god of the sea.

A stationary passage surrounding an impeller, in which velocity pressure imparted to the flow medium by the impeller is converted into static pressure.