A machine employing two or more stages.

Rolling a vessel, that is slightly ice-bound, so as to break the surface ice around her. May sometimes be done when a vessel is lightly aground, but not ice-bound.

The country in which the vessel is registered.

Location where shipment begins its movement.

The inside center strand of rope.

(1) To throw, as to heave a line ashore. (2) An upward pull on a line; to lift (3) The rise and fall of a vessel in a seaway.

That part of a ship's bow where the hawse holes and hawse pipes are situated.

A gauge that measures air flow as a percentage of capacity, used in rotary screw compressors as an estimator during modulation controls.

The U.S. government does not issue certificates of free sale. However, the Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, will issue, upon request, a letter of comment to the U.S. manufacturers whose products are subject to the Federal Food, Drug ...

Any person or entity who, in a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance of carriage by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway or by a combination of such modes.

A fix taken by visually observing the location of known landmarks.

(1) Said of ship's head when it moves away from wind, especially when tacking. (2) To discharge a crew and close Articles of Agreement of a merchant ship.

A tiller or a wheel generally installed on the bridge or wheelhouse of a ship to turn the rudder during manoeuvering and navigation. It is in fact the steering wheel of the ship.

A container frame fitted to accommodate two or more separate tanks for liquids.

Sling of various types used for lifting vehicles on to and off general cargo ship.s

A charge, based on a fixed daily rate.

Those frames of a ship's hull which are equal in area, one forward and one aft of the ship's center of gravity.

The direction to which a compass points. Magnetic north differs from true north because the magnetic fields of the planet are not exactly in line with the north and south poles. Observed differences between magnetic and true north is known as magnetic var ...

A floating island of ice. Only one-ninth of the total mass of an iceberg is visible above water level.

CFM flowing through the compressor inlet filter or inlet valve under rated conditions