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.

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.

The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit weight of a substance by one degree.

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.

The ship's funnel or smokestack.

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.

A boom on a jib or staysail.

A large and powerful sheet winch

Statement on the condition of the vessel. The sufficiency of a vessel in materials, construction, equipment, crew and outfit for the trade in which it is employed. Any sort of disrepair to the vessel by which the cargo may suffer, overloading, untrained o ...

Fast boat used for passenger and cargo traffic in fairly sheltered waters.

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

Along or around a coast.

Openings in a ship's hull for ventilation, light and other purposes.

The opening between the jib and the mainsail. Wind passing through this opening increases the pressure difference across the sides of the mainsail, helping to move the boat forward.

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

Arrangements with a steamship line to transport containerized cargo.

An area designated for the stowage of cargoes in container; usually accessible by truck, railroad and marine transportation. Here containers are picked up, dropped off, maintained and housed.

See "Overland Common Points."

A flag signaling that a ship is about to sail and that all should report on board. It is International Code Flag "P".

is the energy a substance possesses because of its elevation above the earth (or above some other chosen datum plane). .