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.

Same as two blocks.

A wire or rope contrivance placed around cargo and used to load or discharge it to/from a vessel.

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

An articulated five-platform rail car that allows containers to be double stacked. A typical stack car holds ten 40-foot equivalent units (FEU's).

A small round platform, smaller than a Crow's Nest, which was placed at the top of the mast to provide a greater range of vision from a ship at sea.

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.

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

Point at which all of the force of the wind can be thought to concentrate; the point in the sail plan that is the balance point for all the aerodynamic forces

Port where cargo is unloaded and enters a country.

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.

A "C" shaped fitting which can be slipped over the boom, for example, when the sail has been roller reefed to allow the boom vang to be reattached.

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

ISO.

Length of chain used for putting around logs or steel products.

An additional duty imposed to offset export grants, bounties or subsidies paid to foreign suppliers in certain countries by the government of that country for the purpose of promoting export.

The spiral grooves between the strands of rope after it has been laid up.

The act of supporting anything by propping or shoring it up.

Abnormal, rapid reciprocating movement of the disc on the seat of a pressure relief valve.

Place where cargo is loaded and leaves a country.