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The sides of a ship. To describe a ship as "on her beam ends" may mean the vessel is literally on her side and possibly about to capsize; more often, the phrase means the vessel is listing 45 degrees or more. beam reach Sailing with the wind coming across the vessel's beam. This is normally the fastest point of sail for a fore-and-aft-rigged ...
A cargo ship that carries packaged cargo in less than railroad car-sized lots, with shipping charges billed by the piece. packet. Also packet boat or packet ship. 1. Originally, a vessel employed to carry post office mail packets to and from British embassies, colonies, and outposts. 2.
Amidships: near the middle part of a ship. [1] Aport: toward the port side of a ship (opposite of "astarboard"). [7] Ashore: on or toward the shore or land. [8] Astarboard: toward the starboard side of a ship (opposite of "aport"). [9] Astern (adjective): toward the rear of a ship (opposite of "forward"). [10] Athwartships: toward the sides of ...
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers). [1] Containerization, also referred as container stuffing or container loading , is the process of unitization of cargoes in exports.
Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...
intra muros: within the walls: Not public; source of the word intramural. Can also refer to the portion of a city within the city walls (current or past); for example, Intramuros, Manila. intra vires: within the powers: Within one's authority. Contrasted with ultra vires. invenias etiam disiecti membra poetae
According to Bark.us, a company that decodes teen slang, "mid" is "a term used to describe something that is average, not particularly special, 'middle of the road.'"
In the U.S., starting in the 1960s, the use of containers increased steadily. Rail intermodal traffic tripled between 1980 and 2002, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), from 3.1 million trailers and containers to 9.3 million. Large investments were made in intermodal freight projects.