Snappy, seamanlike; a smart ship is an efficient one.

Said of a wind when it is light and variable in direction, not blowing steadily from any direction.

Arrangements with a carrier for the acceptance and carriage of freight; i.e., a space reservation.

A measurement. The international unit of energy. One joule is equal to one WATT - second or 0.737 foot pounds.

The number of revolutions per minute of the compressor shaft.

The place at which a shipment is received by a carrier from the shipper.

PSI - Pounds per square inch.

The line of longitude 180 degrees opposite Greenwich, England, located in the Pacific that marks the date change

A built in mechanical device to recover a portion of the power consumed by a constant speed centrifugal compressor when operating at reduced capacity or reduced pressure rise, or both.

The last part of a rope or last link in an anchor chain.

To carry sail to the full limit of strength of masts, yards, and tackles.

The speed needed for a boat to begin planing.

The North Star; visible in the northern hemisphere and indicates the direction of north. In the southern hemisphere the Southern Cross is used to find the direction of south.

Synonymous for all practical purposes with "Intermodal."

The renting of a boat

To ease away slowly, as in a line, sheet, or falls of a tackle.

Blocks of wood made to fit in the hawse-holes, or holes in the half-ports, when at sea. Those in the hawse-holes are sometimes called hawse-blocks.

see Turnbuckle

A clumsy and unskilled man.

Once the only method, other than human voice, of passing orders to men on board ship; the instructions to perform certain tasks were conveyed by different notes and pitches on the high-pitched whistle.