The windward side (from where the wind is blowing).

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

To repair, clean or paint the hull.

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

A sailing ship with three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.

A sailor's trunk; the intake between the ship's side and a sea valve.

Cargo which has been booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded before the vessel sails. See also "Windy Booking."

To prevent contact with an object while bringing the ship alongside.2. To push off when making a landing.

A navigational aid with a light that flashes about once per second.

An abbreviation of forecastle.

A weight attached to a line used to determine depth by lowering it into the water.

A ton on which the shipment is freighted. If cargo is rated as weight or measure (W/M), whichever produces the highest revenue will be considered the revenue ton. Weights are based on metric tons and measures are based on cubic meters. RT=1 MT or 1 CBM.

Cargo landed in excess of the quantity on manifest.

A solid wharf or structure built of stone along the edge of a harbor used for loading and offloading of cargo, and embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.

Six feet. Comes from the Dutch word "fadom" which was the distance between fingertips of outstretched hands.A unit of measurement relating to the depth of water or to the length of line or cable; one fathom is 6 feet or 1.83 meters

Permanent pip iron ballast specially shaped and placed along each side of keelson. Name is sometimes given to any iron ballast.

The country in which the vessel is registered.

Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen.

Most ocean freight is billed on the basis of weight or measurement tons (W/M). Weight tons can be expressed in short tons of 2000 pounds, long tons of 2240 pounds or metric tons of 1000 kilos (2204.62 pounds). Measurement tons are usually expressed as car ...

The operation of taking a sounding with the hand lead (to find bottom).