Broadly, insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea. Marine insurance typically compensates the owner of merchandise for losses sustained from fire, shipwreck, etc., but excludes losses that can be recovered from the carrier.

Ice pack whose limits cannot be seen from ship.

A propeller drawn through the water that operates a meter on the boat registering the speed and distance sailed

The white froth on the crests of waves.

A bulkhead that will not let water pass from one side of it to the other.

Valve of a pump box; to prime a pump.

Flow of air under specific conditions required at a particular point.

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

Abbreviation for "Origin Rail Freight Station." Same as CFS at origin except an ORFS is operated by the rail carrier participating in the shipment.

The condition when a perfect gas is isentropically compressed, and the gas inlet temperature and also the amount of work spent is the same for each stage.

(1) A nautical instrument, on the arc of which is a finely graduated scale showing degrees and minutes, with adjustable reflectors, etc.; used to find the altitude of heavenly bodies, angular distances, etc. (2) On a steering gear, the rudder quadrant is ...

A container fitted with a means of forced air ventilation.

A charge made for lifting articles too heavy to be lifted by a ship's normal tackle.

A capacity measurement equal to one-fourth of a barrel.

Rules for letters of credit drawn up by the Commission on Banking Technique and Practices of the International Chamber of Commerce in consultation with the banking associations of many countries. See Terms of Payment.

To go aboard the vessel; to put onboard a vessel.

Abbreviation for "With Particular Average."

Board, bearing instructions, that comes to a wrecked ship with a life-saving rocket line.

On square-rigged ships, the blocks attached to those yards on which studdingsails were set.

Forty Foot Equivalent Units (Containers).