A small compartment in which tools and small stuff for repairing cargo gear are kept.
The shell envelope plating forming the predominantly flat bottom portion of the shell envelope including the keel...
A narrow layer of moving water adjacent to the hull of a ship as it moves through the water.
The structural arrangement and form of the forward end of the ship.
A device mounted on tanker forecastle deck for securing a chafe chain. Ships likely to trade to Single Point Moorings...
Shuttle tanker can be provided with the bow control house, where all navigation and machinery controls are doubled...
A watertight part of the ship forebody that can be opened to provide clear access to the bow ramp. Bow doors are...
The spreading out of the forebody form from the central vertical plane with increasing rapidity as it rises from...
A guidance tool developed on the basis of seakeeping model test results. BFE at a station x = X/Lbp tan@, x = distance...
A system of loading used on shuttle tankers to transfer crude oil from FPSO.
Ships which are required to go astern for long distances are provided with flap rudder integrated into the bow...
Heavy impact resulting from a vessel forward bottom making sudden contact with the sea surface after having risen...
The Bow Steering Module (BSM) is a pusher assistance boat driven by two Voith Schneider® Propellers. Its main function...
A lateral thruster fitted in an athwartships tunnel near the bow to improve manoeuvrability. When the bow thruster...
A hollow girder or beam with a square or rectangular cross section.
Boxcooler is tube-type heat exchanger invented and built in the Netherlands. The first boxcoolers were used for...
A plate used to connect rigidly two or more structural elements, such as deck beam to frame, or bulkhead stiffener...
The observed power measured at the crankshaft or its equivalent, the engine being equipped only with the standard...
Measure of fuel efficiency within a shaft reciprocating engine. It is the rate of fuel consumption divided by the...
An alloy of copper and zinc usually with higher percentage of copper.