A severe naval punishment for serious offenses in which the victim was hauled from one yardarm to the other under the keel of the ship. The victim rarely survived; he would either be cut to ribbons by the shellfish on the ship's bottom or drown.

A place for the reception, delivery, consolidation, distribution, and storage of goods/cargo.

Volume flow rate measured in liters per second

To back an anchor, is to carry out a smaller one ahead of the one by which the vessel rides, to take off some of the strain. To back a sail, is throw it aback. To back and fill, is alternately to back and fill the sails.

Similar to a centerboard, except that it is raised and lowered vertically in a trunk rather than pivoted. Like a keel, daggerboards are used to reduce leeway by preventing a sailboat being pushed sideways by the wind.

Abbreviation for:- Sight draft.- Sea damage.

Eastern Weighing and Inspection Bureau.

Abbreviation for "Doing Business As." A legal term for conducting business under a registered name.

A synthetic polyester material.

A document prepared by a transportation line at the point of a shipment; shows the point of the origin, destination, route, consignor, consignee, description of shipment and amount charged for the transportation service. It is forwarded with the shipment ...

A gentle breeze; the slightest movement of air.

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Receipt made by Chief Officer, stating the quantity and condition of goods loaded.

Loaded aboard a vessel.

National Committee on International Trade Documentation.

That which is loaded into a ship. The act of loading.

Eskimo word for a light, covered-in canoe type boat.

Used to indicated times measured in Coordinated Universal Time, a successor to Greenwich Mean Time. A time standard that is not affected by time zones or seasons.

Resistance to air flow; usually stated in inches H2O or PSI.

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