Tank,one of which is situated at each side of the top part of the hold of a bulk carrier.

A drawing representing the internal parts of a vessel as if she had been cut straight through, either longitudinally or athwartships. It shows the positions of the frames and their exact curvature in relation to the hull shape.

is an ejector used to compress waste or exhaust steam or any other gas through a moderate range of compression above atmospheric pressure.

Man or boy employed in sailing deep-water craft. Word is sometimes loosely used to include men who go to sea. Used officially to denote a seaman serving on deck.

Cool air pulled ashore by rising thermal air currents caused by the air inland rising as the land heats up

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

As provided in the Shipping Act of 1984, a contract between a shipper (or a shippers association) and an ocean common carrier (or conference) in which the shipper makes a commitment to provide a certain minimum quantity of cargo or freight revenue over a ...

The consolidation of a quantity of individual items into one large shipping unit for easier handling.- Loading one or more large items of cargo onto a single piece of equipment, such as a pallet.

On or in a ship.

A means of hauling up or lowering a cylindrical object.

Breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier or iceberg.

A legal signature usually placed on the reverse of a draft; signifies transfer of rights from the holder to another party.

Misrepresenting freight or weight on shipping documents.

Is the ratio of the theoretical work requirement to the actual work required to be performed on the gas for compression and delivery.

Goods transported in a ship, or the money paid for such goods.

A portion of the discharge gas is redirected through a heat exchanger and then expanded back to suction pressure, where it is mixed with normal suction gas stream and commonly used to compensate for process flow demands.

The headstay on which jibs are hoisted

A compressed air coupling commonly used on European rail and road vehicles to connect one vehicle to the next.

Direction or bearing of an object relative to a boat's heading.

The surface of the water.