Maritime Glossary
Source-cited definitions for shipping, engineering, navigation, and regulatory terminology. Confidence-scored and verified against primary IMO, IHO, and industry sources.
- Laytimelay time · lay days
- The time allowed by the charter party for loading or discharging cargo without incurring demurrage.
- commercialcharteringhigh confidence
- Length OverallLOA
- The maximum length of a vessel from the extreme forward to the extreme aft point.
- vessel-measurementshigh confidence
- Liquefied Natural GasLNG
- Natural gas cooled to −162 °C until liquid, reducing its volume ~600-fold for storage and transport.
- fuelcargodecarbonizationengineeringhigh confidence
- Load LinePlimsoll line · Plimsoll mark · International Load Line
- A marking on a ship's hull indicating the maximum depth to which the vessel may be legally loaded.
- safetyregulationvessel-measurementshigh confidence