Legend - The map element that allows the map user to translate graphic map symbols into ideas, usually be the use of text.
Category: - GIS

Length Between Perpendiculars - The length of a ship measured from the forward perpendicular to the after perpendicular.
Category: - Maritime

Length Over All - The length of a ship measured from the extreme forward end to the aftermost point of the stern.
Category: - Maritime

Lifeboat - A specially constructed double ended boat which can withstand heavy, rough seas.
Category: - Maritime

Lifeboat Drill - The master of every vessel is bound by international law to make the officers, crew and passengers adequately acquainted with the procedures of lowering and the use of lifeboats in case of emergency.
Category: - Maritime

Light Displacement Tonnage - The weight of a ship's hull, machinery, equipment and spares. This is often the basis on which ships are paid for when purchased for scrapping. The difference between the loaded displacement and light displacement is the ship's deadweight.
Category: - Maritime

Lightening Hole - A hole cut in a member to reduce its weight.
Category: - Maritime

Lighter - General name for a broad, flat-bottomed boat used in transporting cargo between a vessel and the shore. The distinction between a lighter and a barge is more in the manner of use than in equipment. The term "lighter" refers to a short haul, generally in connection with loading and unloading operations of vessels in harbor while the term "barge" is more often used when the cargo is being carried to its destination over a long distance.
Category: - Maritime

Lighterage - Charge for conveying cargo by lighters or barges.
Category: - Maritime

Lightering - Conveying cargo with another vessel known as a lighter from ship to shore, or vice versa.
Category: - Maritime

Lightning - Generally, any and all of the various forms of visible electrical discharge produced by thunderstorms.
Category: - Weather

Likelihood - The probability or chance of an event occurring; more specifically, the conditional probability of an event occurring given a particular set of circumstances
Category: - Risk

Limber Hole - A small hole cut in a plate near the bottom to permit the passage of water.
Category: - Maritime

Line - A one dimensional (length) map feature represented by a string of connected coordinates.
Category: - GIS

Linear Relationship - A straight-line relationship between two variables such that the value of the dependent variable is a gradient times the independent variable plus a constant.
Category: - GIS

Lines - The form of a ship as represented by its moulded surface.
Category: - Maritime

List - The leaning of a boat to the side because of excess weight on that side
Category: - Maritime

LKP - Last Known Position
Category: - Acronym - SAR

Lloyd's Register - Fairplay - Lloyd's Register - Fairplay supplies a range of comprehensive shipping databases, registers, on-line shipping information, and a tailored research and system development service with a focus on integrating commercial shipping information with customers' specific needs. This company, a joint venture between Lloyd's Register and Fairplay, is the world's largest independent supplier of maritime information services.
Category: - Maritime

Lloyd's Register Group - The Lloyd's Register Group is an independent risk management organisation providing risk assessment and risk mitigation solutions and management systems certification around the world.
Category: - Maritime