1) Fee charged for conveying cargo by lighters or barges.2) Area where vessels normally lighter. … [Read more...]

A line secured along the deck to lay hold of in heavy weather; a line thrown on board a wreck by life-saving crew; a knotted line secured to the span between life-boat davits for the use of the crew when hoisting and lowering … [Read more...]

Place assigned to crew and passengers to muster before being ordered into the lifeboats … [Read more...]

A letter issued by any participant in a custody transfer citing any condition with which issue is taken. This serves as a written record that the particular action or finding was questioned at the time of occurrence. … [Read more...]

To set free, let loose, or cast off (of anchors, lines, etc.) … [Read more...]

The extreme length of the vessel measured from the foremost part to the aftermost part of the hull. … [Read more...]

The length of the vessel measured between the forward part of the stem to the after part of the rudder post. … [Read more...]

The movement of a search object through water caused by winds blowing against exposed surfaces.Vessel’s sideways drift leeward of the desired course … [Read more...]

The direction away from the wind. On or towards the sheltered side of a ship; opposite of windward. … [Read more...]

The allowable time specified in the charter party for vessel’s loading or discharging of cargo."Laytime" is the amount of time agreed in a voyage charter between the shipowner and the Charterer during which the vessel will be made and kept available for loading or discharging the cargo. This period must commence (and end) at a specified instant. When it commences it can be considered that a "clock" has commenced, working backwards, as it were, and counting down the "stock" of time, which the Charterer has. The "laytime clock'' cannot begin until certain requirements are met and some event … [Read more...]