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

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

Said of a lighthouse not tended.

Search of a vessel, by Customs authorities, for unreported goods.

Boat carried at davits on quarter of ship, and kept ready for immediate use when at sea.

To bagpipe the mizzen, is to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the weather mizzen rigging.

Transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container leaves a rail or water terminal.

(1) In good condition. (2) To adjust to proper shape or size.

The total rate from the point of origin to final destination.

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

A wind shift that forces a boat to sail below its mean wind course.

A rope used for securing any movable object in place

Bulk Carrier or Motorcar Carrier

A barge equipped with tracks on which up to about 12 railroad cars are moved in harbors or inland waterways.

Distance at sea is measured in nautical miles, which are about 6067.12 feet, 1.15 statute miles or exactly 1852 meters. Nautical miles have the unique property that a minute of latitude is equal to one nautical mile - Measurement of speed is done in knots ...

The highest continuous deck which runs the full length of the ship without a fall or interruption.

Sixteenth-century term for a sea distance at which high land could be observed from a ship. Varied between 14 and 22 miles according to average atmospheric conditions in a given area.

The top of a mast.

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 ...

To haul in or bind something together in order to create more space.