Retention of property until outstanding dept is paid

The part of the boat behind the beam.

The international carrier is obligated to make declarations of the ship's crew and contents at both the port of departure and arrival. The vessel manifest lists various details about each shipment by B/L number. Obviously, the B/L serves as the core sourc ...

Ad valorem.

The total gas pressure (static plus velocity).

A place not suitable for anchoring.

A ladder of rope with rungs, used over the side.

To combine or charge with gas.

The farthest aft.

Boards fixed vertically to a boat to prevent leeway

(1) Broken water at bow of a vessel making way. (2) Disturbed water made by a propeller or paddle wheel. (3) The rush or sweeping of waves on a bank, shore, or vessel.

Generally speaking the word amidships means in the middle portion of a vessel.

Down or downwards; as in "Lay alow!"; opposite of Aloft.

The removal of heat from a gas after compression is completed.

Fitted with cabins and catering facilities for offshore crews. Semisubmersible accommodation units are ofte called "Flotels".

A device for drying compressed air by means of condensation obtained by over-compression or cooling, absorption, adsorption or a combination of the above methods.

Bar gauge (similar to the acronym "psig")

In square-rigged vessels, short lines at the lower end of the futtock shrouds used to bring in the shrouds tighter to give room to brace the yards at a sharper angle when sailing close hauled.

Line 12 inches or 300 mm long, painted amidships on both sides and parallel to the load lines.

The error in a compass reading caused by the heel of a boat.