Amount of unused space in a ship or a hold by virtue of the irregular shape of the cargo.

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

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.

The top of a wave.

Wind blowing from off the shore.

Is one that does not enter into known chemical combination, either with itself or another element. There are four known gases of this type: helium; neon; argon and krypton. or a gas that does not supply any of the needs of combustion.

Is that pressure of either motive fluid or discharge at which an ejector returns to stable operation following a period of unstable operation due to having previously reached the breaking pressure. There are two recovery pressures, one for motive fluid an ...

The wheel of the block over which the fall of the block is rove.

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.

States that equal volumes of all gases under the same conditions of pressure and temperature contain the same number of molecules.

Government officials responsible for regulating goods, services and supplies into a country.

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

The whole crew.

The direction of an object (with reference to you, your ship, another object).

Any point of sailing away from the wind.

The black line parallel with ship's keel marked on the inner surface of the bowl of a compass, indicating the compass direction of the ship's head.

A vessel is in soundings when she is in sufficiently shallow water for soundings to be made and used as an aid in the vessel's navigation.

A negatively charged ion.

The warehouse or public stores to which samples of imported goods are taken to be inspected, analyzed, weighed, etc. by examiners or appraisers.

The amount of work done on or by a system is equal to the amount of energy transferred to or from the system.