elegant, luxurious. Originally an acronym for Port Over Starboard Home. Created by British travelers to India or Australia, describing the preferred accommodations aboard ship, which lessened effects of the tropical sun on the cabins during the voyage.

The rod connecting the disc to the lever on a valve.

Is a compression in which the temperature of a gas remains constant.

Placing a container where required to be loaded or unloaded.

A vertical post extending above the deck for securing mooring lines

To permanently join two pieces of rope. It will not pass through a block since it increases the diameter

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

A deck dryer composed of a flat piece of wood shod with rubber, and a handle. Stanchions

Small struts or spars extending toward the sides from one or more places along the mast. The shrouds cross the end of the spreaders, enabling the shrouds to better support the mast. Also known as crosstrees in older vessels.

A materials handling/storage facility used for completely unitized loads in containers and/or empty containers. Commonly referred to as CY.

Steel section running along the length of each bottom edge of a shipping container giving its structural strength.

A document specifying the nation of registry of the vessel.

A boat with a flat bottom and square ends.

Railcars grouped in a train by destination so that segments (blocks) can be uncoupled and routed to different destinations as the train moves through various junctions. Eliminates the need to break up a train and sort individual railcars at each junction.

A large balloon shaped lightweight sail used when running or reaching. Spinnakers are made of cloth very similar to that used for parachutes, which is why you may also hear them called chutes, or kites.

Any time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included.

The internal duct and filter medium support

Finely-divided water swept from crest of waves by strong winds.

The ship's funnel or smokestack.

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