(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 ...

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 ...

The ratio of clearance volume to the volume swept by the compressing element.

A sailor's carving or etching on bones, teeth, tusks or shells.

Vessel said to be "on her beam ends" when she is lying over so much that her deck beams are nearly vertical.

A line or wire from the mast to the bow or stern of a ship, for support of the mast; rigging used to support the mast from forward or aft.

The outside plating of a vessel.

Originally a seaman who, not wanting to work, preferred to exist by hanging around ports and harbors and living on the charity of others. Now more generally describing any loafer around the waterfront who prefers not to work.

To put a narrow piece of canvas around it after it has been wormed, and before it has been served.

Short shrouds which give support to the top of a lower mast.

On older sailing ships, an additional lateen shaped mizzen sail carried on the fourth mast, known as a bonaventure mizzen.

devoid of water.

On the land or aground.

A knot used to temporarily shorten a line.

A shortening of the term, "Roll On/Roll Off." A method of ocean cargo service using a vessel with ramps which allows wheeled vehicles to be loaded and discharged without cranes.

Person who assists in saving life or property from a vessel wrecked near the coast. Often applied to a small boat that lies in narrow waters ready to wait on a vessel, if required.

Speed Over Ground, speed relative to bottom.

The whole crew.

A rudder, keel, centerboard, or skeg.

(1) When two or more boats tie up alongside each other. (2) Overlapping of edges of two ice-floes, so that one floe is partly supported by the other.