The compressor continuously compresses, however, when the maximum pressure is reached, the delivered air is blown off to the atmosphere instead of being fed to the receiver.

Cubic space (measurement tons occupied by one tonne (2240 lbs or 1000 kgs of cargo))

Remove unnecessary things from the decks usually in preparation for oncoming bad weather.

Line used for checking a vessel's way when warping her into a dock or basin.

A public/private initiative to promote the efficiency of compressed air in the US.

A bar which projects above the coaming and which bears against a continuous rubber gasket strip set into the hatch panels of steel hatch covers in order to provide a weathertight seal.

Cost, Insurance, Freight, Interest and Exchange.

The unit that runs continuously and matches air supply to demand, by loading and unloading the compressor.

Abbreviation for "Cost and Insurance." A price that includes the cost of the goods, the marine insurance and all transportation charges except the ocean freight to the named point of destination.

A device that changes a vapor into a liquid. Accomplished by exposing a tube containing vapor to air or by passing the tube through a water jacket.

Legal obligation for a ship to use the services of a pilot in a particular place.

Order to take off a damaged part of a vessel, to restore it to its proper shape and condition, and to replace it in position.

Abbreviation for "Carload" and "Containerload".

The two sides of a block. (2) Pieces of timber attached to the mast below the masthead to support the trestle trees.

Abbreviation for "Cost, Insurance, Freight." (Named Port) Same as C&F or CFR except seller also provides insurance to named destination.

A filter unit that combines three principles to filter out oil aerosols: 1) Direct interception - A sieving action, 2) Inertial impaction - Collision with filter media fibers, 3) Diffusion -Particles travel in a spiral motion, presenting an effective fron ...

An anchor is said to come home when its flukes are not holding in the ground and it drags.

The direction of a ship's heading as read on a compass. The compass course has added the magnetic deviation and the magnetic variation to the true course.

A rating who tends to the pumps of an oil tanker.

The operation of pressing oakum into a seam as a temporary measure until the seam can be properly caulked.