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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
Featured terms
Car carriers
Vessels specially designed for efficient transport of cars (pure car carriers), or variety of cars, trucks, tractors and buses (pure car/truck carriers).
Hydrofoil, hydrofoil boat
A vessel with underwater wings (hydrofoils) fitted below the hull. The dynamic lift of hydrofoils keeps the hull clear of the water surface while underway.
Freshwater generators / distillers
A unit used for conversion of sea, well or effluent water into freshwater by vacuum distillation based on evaporation and condensation.