Said of a man who goes to sea as a rating compared with officers, and lives forward. Forward of a mast.

A small flat boat, usually inflatable.

See Multiple Containerload Shipment.

An inland point provided by an all water carrier's through bill of lading in the U.S. by first discharging the container in an East Coast port.

A mechanical barometer used to measure air pressure for warnings of changing weather.

A port that is not directly listed in the tide tables but for which information is available as a difference from a nearby standard port.

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

Machines in which the compressing element is a piston having a reciprocating motion in a cylinder.

To keep close.

A wooden lattice-work covering a hatch or the bottom boards of a boat; similarly designed gratings of metal are frequently found on shipboard.

: Regular ship shaped vessel, production ship. Positioned by anchors or dynamic positioning. Has its own propulsion machinery.

A negatively charged ion.

A method of payment for goods in which the buyer pays the seller in advance of the shipment of goods. Usually employed when the goods, such as specialized machinery, are built to order.

Temperature at which condesation first occurs and moisture is formed.

A method of payment for goods in which cash is paid at the time of order and the transaction becomes binding on both buyer and seller.

The leaning of a boat to the side because of excess weight on that side; inclination of a boat due to excess weight on one side or the other.

A ring-shaped fitting into which the rudder pintle is inserted which allows the rudder to pivot.

Deck supported by pillars, fastened to pontoons. The pontoons are half submerged during operations. Kept in position by anchors (or by dynamic positioning). Normally equipped with its own propulsion machinery.

The breaking-up of paint into fine particles or droplets by a paint gun using compressed air.

The curved part of a ship's hull where the side and the flat bottom meet.