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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
Featured terms
Bearing pads
Support pads installed on the hatch coaming in order to transfer the weight of the cover, and any cargo it may be carrying, to the ship hull while allowing for relative movement between the cover and the hatch coaming.
Buoy
A floating object used as an aid to mariners to mark the navigable limits of channels, their fairways, sunken dangers, isolated rocks etc., or as reference point for navigation or for other purposes.
LNG tanker BRITISH EMERALD
Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, the BRITISH EMERALD is the LNG tanker with dual-fuel diesel-electric propulsion. At 155,000 cubic metres she is one of the largest LNG carriers to date.