The process of checking the accuracy of and adjusting the ship's magnetic compass.

A logistical management system which integrates the sequence of activities from delivery of raw materials to the manufacturer through to delivery of the finished product to the customer into measurable components. "Just in Time" is a typical value-added e ...

Ratio of the pressure of a gas to its critical pressure, in like units.

(Free On Board) (...Named Port of Shipment):An International Term of Sale that means the seller fulfills his or her obligation to deliver when the goods have passed over the ship's rail at the named port of shipment. This means that the buyer has to bear ...

Abbreviation for "Trailer on Flat Car." The movement of a highway trailer on a railroad flatcar. Also known as Piggyback.

Term used in the days of sail to indicate the starboard of the two anchors carried at the bow of a ship. The anchor on the port side was known as the small bower (although they were the same size).

The outer resin surface of a fiberglass boat, usually colored.

On the land or aground.

A knot used to temporarily shorten a line.

A hoisting apparatus consisting of a block and tackle rigged at the end of a beam.

Are load carrying machine elements permitting some degree of motion in which the lubricant is air or some other gas.

Wind blowing from off the shore.

An adsorption type material used in compressed air dryers. Industry standards are activated alumina, silica gel and molecular sieves.(2) A material used to desiccate (dry) or dehumidify air.

A mop, formed of old rope, used for cleaning and drying decks.

The dimensionless number obtained when the difference between maximum and minimum instantaneous shaft speeds during one period is divided by the arithmetic mean of these two.

Disciplinary code in which maritime crimes and punishments are specified.

Heavy latch by which doors, hatches, portholes, etc., are secured; verb - to latch

Across the width of a boat. Also Athwartships.

Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of a bowsprit through which are rove the foretopmast stays before they are brought in to the bows and secured.

A cylinder used to carry rotating machine parts, such as pulleys and gears, to transmit power or motion; such as a propeller shaft.