(1) Prospective course over the ground for boat to follow. (2) A strip of metal attached to a mast to take the slides affixed to the luff of a sail.

Any time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included.

A general nautical term for Canadians, but more especially for Nova Scotian sailing ships and men.

A navigational tool used to measure distances on a chart.

A large and powerful sheet winch

ACRONYM - Compressed natural gas, primarily methane.

Cost of goods, marine insurance and all transportation (freight) charges are paid to the foreign point of delivery by the seller.

The process of declaring the importation of foreign-made goods into the United States for use in the United States.

Arrangements with a steamship line to transport containerized cargo.

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.

A large body of fish.

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

Convention on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea; Rules of the Road. Internationally accepted rules by which vessels at sea must keep clear of each other.

Compounds containing chlorine, fluorine or bromine, used as aerosol propellants, refrigerants, foaming agents and solvents and which, on decomposition by sunlight, produce oxides of chlorine responsible for the removal of ozone from the stratosphere.

Compressors in which successive volumes of air or gas are confined within a closed space, and compressed. They may be either reciprocating or rotating. (Trap air and then squeeze it to the desired pressure).

A measure of air compressor efficiency, usually in the form of bhp/100 acfm or acfm/bhp

A document, certified by a consular official, is required by some countries to describe a shipment. Used by Customs of the foreign country, to verify the value, quantity and nature of the cargo.

Amends the Act of 1984 to provide for confidential service contracts and other items.

A boat with a flat bottom and square ends.

(1) A spar that extends from the bow of the boat. (2) A spar stretching diagonally across a four-sided fore-and-aft sail to support the peak.