States that the pressure of a gas, at constant volume, varies directly with the absolute temperature.

Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation (WDT)Allows merchandise that has been withdrawn from a bonded warehouse at one port to be transported in bond to another port, where a superseding entry will be filed.

The machine by which, when dropped to the bottom, the vessel is held fast.

The underside of the deck, viewed from below the ceiling.

– A portable ladder hinged to a platform attached to the side of a ship and which can be positioned to provide access between ship and shore. Telescopic accommodation ladder is used for covering a long distance between the vessel and port quay. According ...

Construction made by placing several platform flats end to end in a ship.

The U.S. Customs' "Automated Manifest System."

ACRONYM Actual cubic feet per minute.

A man employed in a vessel of war to take charge of a storeroom; as, boatswain's yeoman the man that has charge of the stores, of rigging, etc.

A sliding or hinged opening in the deck, providing people with access to the cabin or space below; an opening in a boat's deck fitted with a watertight cover.

Abbreviation for "Beneficial Cargo Owner." Refers to the importer of record, who physically takes possession of cargo at destination and does not act as a third party in the movement of such goods.

Established the standard basis for adjusting general average and stated the rules for adjusting claims.

A small boat, highly ornamented, with a high rising stem and sternpost. Used on the canals of Venice, it is propelled by a man standing near the stern using a single oar

Device that permits passage between regions of differing air pressures, most often used for passage between atmospheric pressure and chambers in which the air is compressed. A typical modern air lock consists of a cylinder of steel plate with airtight doo ...

A component made up of a cylinder barrel, end covers, a piston rod, a steel or stainless steel piston. A device which induces action or motion with compressed air being the medium through which the power is transmitted.

Place where crew is accommodated.

Above decks; without concealment of deceit (out in the open).

A single inlet compressor with the impeller or impellers mounted on an extended shaft of the driver.

A pallet so designed that the forks of a fork lift truck can be inserted from two sides only.

(Delivered At Frontier) (...Named Place):A Term of Sale which means the sellers fulfill their obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available, cleared for export, at the named point and placed at the frontier, but before the customs Terms of ...