The electric connection of equipment to the main body of the earth to ensure that it is at earth potential. On...
The directive of European Commission about marine equipment for which international conventions require the approval...
see electronic chart display and information system.
The treatment of the edge before secondary surface preparation.
The shaping of a plate edge for welding. This may take the form of a V, X, Y, or K edge profile.
A tanker designed for the carriage of edible oils for food industry. The STAR BONAIRE is a sea/river tanker suitable...
Cocoa butter, coconut oil, palm oil, peanut oil, rape oil, soya bean oil, sunflower oil. Most of edible oils have...
The ability of the free-fall lifeboat to move away from the ship after free-fall launching without using its engine.
The ratio of output to input for a system or operation. It is usually expressed as a percentage.
A patented semi-balanced rudder developed by Wärtsilä Corporation. The Efficiency Rudder is characterised by a...
When testing the engine for NOx emissions, the reference fuel is Marine Diesel Oil (Distillate) and the test is...
A pump that has no moving parts or a mechanical driver. The pumping action is created as a pressurized fluid, referred...
Flying ships pioneered for military purposes in the 1930s by Russian aeronautical engineers. WIG craft flies just...
The maximum stress that can be applied to a metal without plastic deformation.
The structural member capability of sustaining stress without permanent deformation, i.e. to recover its original...
The electric motor converts electrical energy to mechanical energy. The most frequently used type of electric motor...
All equipment and installations connected at the same rated voltage. - Isolated electric network – A system in...
A system in which the neutral is connected to the ship hull in normal operation.
Azymuthing electric propulsion unit with the motor located inside the underwater housing (pod) attached to the...
The concept of electric propulsion is over 100 years old with battery-powered vessels recorded in Russia and Germany...