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Boats & ships
Of or relating to transportation vessels that can travel over water.
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Boats & ships
Personal floatation device
Transportation; Boats & ships
Approved floats meant as life preservers and carried on board American ships.
Per container rate
Transportation; Boats & ships
Rates and/or changes on shipments transported in containers or trailers and rated on the basis of the category of the container or trailer.
Passenger ship
Transportation; Boats & ships
A ship with accommodation which is authorised to carry more than twelve passengers.
Panamax
Transportation; Boats & ships
A vessel designed to be just small enough to transit the Panama Canal.
Pallet
Transportation; Boats & ships
A flat tray, generally made of wood but occasionally of steel, on which goods particularly those in boxes, cartons or bags, can be stacked. Its purpose is to facilitate the movement of such goods, ...
Overtonnaging
Transportation; Boats & ships
A situation where there are too many ships generally or in a particular trade for the level of available cargoes.
Ordinary seaman
Transportation; Boats & ships
A deck crewmember that is subordinate to the Able Bodied Seamen.
