A safe anchorage, protected from most storms; may be natural or man-made, with breakwaters and jetties; a place for docking and loading.

A fluid (as hydrogen or air) that tends to expand indefinitely. Is one of three basic phases of matter.

A guy who gets Head (toilet) cleaning detail.

Those causes of loss for which the carrier is not legally liable. The elemental risks of ocean transport.

Drydocking, beaching, or careening a vessel and carefully examining the bottom with a view to ascertaining any damage it may have.

The oily condensate discharged by lubricated air compressors. The name is derived from the appearance of the condensate. Under normal conditions oily condensate should just be cloudy, like a small amount of milk in a bucket of water. When a lubricated com ...

National Fluid Power Association.

A rate applicable from a point on one transportation line to a point on another line, made by agreement and published in a single tariff by all transportation lines over which the rate applies.

A compressor designed to compress air or gas without contaminating the flow with lubricating oil. Piston rings and packing are usually made of TFE-based materials or carbon or other synthetic material that operate without lubrication.

A coupling device which consists of a spring loaded shutoff valve and a positive locking mechanism. It is used to connect tools, hoses and other accessories. Also known as Quick Disconnect.

A hand held pneumatic chipping tool which the blows are transmitted through a group of floating needles or metal rods.

Area into which a boat can not go without tacking.

A wharf licensed and attended by Customs authorities.

A filtering unit for vented enclosures installed to prevent dirt and foreign matter from entering the enclosure. Also prevents oil loss by retaining oil droplets and draining the oil back to the sump.

Areas of the ocean lying between the mostly westerly winds of the higher latitudes, and the trade winds. These areas usually have prolonged calms, and in the older days of sail it could take quite a while to clear out of this area, by which time the seame ...

a wind coming from the northeast

A frame used to support the boom when the sail is down.

Heat cannot, of itself, pass from a colder to a hotter body.

A form of wear in which seizing or tearing of the gear or bearing surface occurs.

A curved inlet section on an impeller.