Sums paid by agent on behalf of owner at a port and recovered by disbursements account.

Ice broken into pieces, and projecting very little above sea level.

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

Long wave formations during calm or light air formed by waves running into shoaling water

In spray painting applications, air trapped in a paint film caused by poor atomization during spraying.

The point of equilibrium of the total weight of a containership, truck, train or a piece of cargo.

Contracts with berth CIP. NOR can be given when within commercial limits of the port

The difference between the discharge pressure and the intake pressure.

Sailing with the wind coming from the port side, with the boom on the starboard side.

Is the total pressure (static plus velocity) at the inlet flange of the compressor.

The theoretical speed that a boat can travel without planing, based on the shape of its hull This speed is 1.34 times the length of a boat at its waterline. Also known as hull speed.

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

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

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

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

A standard numeric code developed by the United Nations to classify commodities used in international trade, based on a hierarchy.

Foam or spray which is thrown out under the bow of a ship when she is under way. If fast moving with a lot of spray being thrown out, the vessel is said to have "A bone in her teeth".

A bolt fitted with a ring through its eye, used for securing, running, rigging, etc.

The capacity for floating.

British standard pipe tapered.