The watches aboard ship change at 4, 8, and 12 around the clock. A watch lasts four hours and at each half hour during the watch, a bell is struck. For instance, at 12:30 a.m. there is one bell for the first half hour after midnight; at 1:00 a.m. there ar ...

Shapes such as angle bars or stringers welded to a surface such as a plated bulkhead to increase rigidity.

Abbreviation for "Bales."

Consists of a vessel which is a combination of oil sump and oil separator, an oil cooler and an oil filter.

The mount and housing for the compass, usually located on the wheel's pedestal.

In a wheel, such as a steering wheel, a spoke is a rod that extends from the hub outwards to the rim.

Seller is responsible for goods and preparation of export documentation until actually placed aboard the vessel.

An intermodal system for transporting containers by ocean and then by rail or motor to a port previously served as an allwater move (e.g., Hong Kong to New York over Seattle).

A term for a circular plank edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel.

C The international temperature scale where water freezes at 0 (degrees) and boils at 100 (degrees). Also known as the centigrade scale.

A large body of fish.

An articulated five-platform railcar. Used where height and weight restrictions limit the use of stack cars. It holds five 40-foot containers or combinations of 40- and 20-foot containers.

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.

A line drawn on a chart, as a result of a bearing, along which the boat is positioned

Is the volume of a given weight of gas, usually expressed as cu ft/lb as SPT conditions.

Port where cargo is unloaded and enters a country.

A metal plate, strap, or rod bolted to the hull structure to which the lower ends of shrouds and stays are attached

A long sturdy pole fitted with a blunt hook at one end designed to catch a line when coming alongside a pier or mooring, to facilitate putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off.

Small line consisting of several loosely twisted yarns.

In sailboat racing, to have a controlling position over competitors by staying between them and the next mark or buoy - a tactical maneuver in which the lead boat stays between the trailing boat and the wind or the next mark.