The damage occured when a ship comes into contact with other ships and/or a permanent structure such as quayside...
An electrical switch that is designed to open and close a circuit frequently and is not operated manually.
A large steel box designed to allow goods to be sent from door to door without any handling from the initial packing...
A number of container stacks interconnected and secured horizontally by bridge stackers.
Containers are commonly stowed below deck and sometimes on deck within fixed vertical cell guides, which guide...
Fixed and loose fittings used for the reliable securing of containers. - Fixed fittings – Stacking cones, foundations...
A load sufficient in size to fill a container space either by cubic measurement or by weight.
A stowage and lashing plan approved by the classification society. It describes the application of the loose lashing...
Ships intended exclusively for the carriage of containers and equipped with the appropriate facilities. Such vessels...
Containers which are stacked vertically and secured horizontally by stackers, lashing etc.
Hatch covers for Panamax ships have stack weights up to 90 tonnes/20ft units and 120 tonnes/40ft units. Post-Panamax...
The standard 40ft containers (FEU) are stowed in cell guides without any lashing devices. If there is also a certain...
Ship motions impose heavy loads on the deck cargo which would soon move unless secured in place. Containers carried...
An area designated for the stowage of containers; usually accessible by truck, railroad and marine transportation...
Stowage of general or special cargoes in a container for transport in the various modes.
A new SOLAS Regulation XI-1/5 requires ships to be issued with a CSR, which is intended to provide an on-board...
A weld that extends continuously from one end of a joint to the other. If the joint is circular, it extends entirely...
The process of conveying a command or order to enable the desired action to be done. - Automatic control – A means...
The Wärtsilä 3C is a fully integrated vessel control system with a single interface. It allows the seamless integration...
Those spaces in which the ship radio or the main navigating equipment or the emergency source of power is located...