The portions of a vessel extending beyond the main hull outline including such items as rudder, propellers, struts...
Equipment of the design that has been tested and approved by an appropriate authoritysuch as a government department...
Recognizing that no one solution is suitable across all ship types Wärtsilä Water Systems designed two technology...
A method of settling disputes by one or more arbitrators. Quicker and less expensive than taking a case to court.
Arc welding is the fusing of two metals using heat produced by an electric arc formed between them.
A body immersed in fluid is subject to an upwards force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.
A type of electronic navigational chart (ENC) format. The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) publishes the...
An inert gas used to shield the molten metal during argon arc welding.
A vessel passing through the locks shall normally be assisted by locks locomotives using steel towing wires. Article...
By “Arrest” is meant the detention of a ship because of some infringement of regulations, either port or national...
Built by Kraljevica Shipyard, Croatia, the ASPHALT SEMINOLE has been designed for worldwide service transporting...
A large three-dimensional structure of plating and sections used in the construction of a ship.
Place on deck, in mess rooms, etc., assigned to crew and passengers where they have to meet according to the muster...
1. Behind a vessel. 2. Backward; in a reverse direction. If a vessel moves backwards it is said to move astern...
The condition of weld metal, welded joints, and weldments after welding, but prior to any subsequent thermal, mechanical...
A special configuration of the afterbody lines used to compensate for the side thrust generated by a propeller...
Across the ship, at right angles to the fore-and-aft centre-line. Said of cargo stowed in this way, as opposed...
Subdivision of a material into its smallest particles, such as fuels reduced to a fine spray mist by diesel engine...
A nozzle arrangement through which fuel oil is forced under pressure in order to leave as a fine spray i.e. atomized.
Atriums are public spaces within a single main vertical zone spanning three or more open decks, (SOLAS).