A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. A mixture of individual gases. The gaseous mixture surrounding the earth. Standard density of dry air free of carbon dioxide (0

Ship supplies.

Quantity of gas actually compressed and delivered to the discharge system at rated speed of the machine and under rated pressure conditions.

Privilege to use the rate producing the lowest charge.

A mast that is stepped (placed) on the deck of a boat rather than through the boat and keel stepped. The mast of a deck stepped boat is usually easier to raise and lower and are usually intended for lighter conditions than keel stepped boats.

Metal bolts with an eye in the end.

Any fixed object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radiobeacons, and lighthouses, and to indicate safe and unsafe waters.

Term for a seaman's short leave from his ship, permitting him to go ashore for the day or night.

A representative of a government commission or agency vested with power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, take testimony, and conduct hearings of cases submitted to, or initiated by, that agency. Also called Hearing Examiner.

Practice of loading iron ore cargoes into every alternate hold, leaving the remaining holds empty.

Nautical name for an argumentative person.

Underwriters Lab.

Holding oars at right angles to fore and aft line of boat with blades horizontal and parallel to surface of water.

Describes the pressure drop through a component and is the difference in pressure between two points.

An anchor engine used for heaving in the chain cable and anchor.

A type of filter capacity test in which a clogging contaminant is added to the influent of a filter, under specified test conditions, to produce a given rise in pressure drop across the filter or until a specified reduction of flow is reached. Filter life ...

The interval between full moon and change of moon and the highest high tide.

Sequence of letters and numbers, unique to each ship by which ships can be identified.

Resting on the surface of the water.

A cargo consolidator in ocean trades who will buy space from a carrier and subsell it to smaller shippers. The NVOCC issues bills of lading, publishes tariffs and otherwise conducts itself as an ocean common carrier, except that it will not provide the ac ...