PORT SIDE - the left hand side of a ship facing the front or forward end.

The port side

of a ship during darkness is indicated by a red light. Was previously known as the
larboard side but this created confusion with starboard and was changed.
STARBOARD - The right-hand side of a ship when facing the front or forward end. The
starboard side of a ship during darkness is indicated by a green light.
GANG - term used to describe a selected work force or team that works as a team in a
harbour environment, usually in stevedoring.
HARD AGROUND - A vessel which has gone aground and is incapable of refloating
under her own power.
JACKUP - A deck with legs that can be jacked up or down. During operations, the legs
rest on the seabed. When the rig is moved, the legs are retracted, leaving the rig
floating. A jackup has normally no propulsion machinery of its own.
STERN - The bow or rear of the ship; an upright post or bar of the bow of a vessel.
STRANDING - The running of a ship on shore on a beach.
BRIDGE - Elevated centre dedicated to the control and navigation of the vessel.
ERROR IN EXTREMIS - where a navigator, suddenly realizing that a collision is
imminent by no fault of his own, in confusion and excitement of the moment, does
something which contributes to the collision or omits to do something by which the
collision might be avoided, such act or omission is ordinarily considered to be in
extremis and the ordinary rules of strict accountability does not apply.