Cargo handling equipment used on reefer ships and paper carriers.
Usually aluminium panels used to support palletized cargo in order to reduce damage.
When a ship is sailing, the propeller blades bite more in their lowermost position than in their uppermost position.
An air-cushion vehicle whose walls extending along the sides are permanently immersed hard structures.
Podded propulsion unit developed by Siemens and Schottel.
Means of training the crew in the free-fall release procedure of free-fall lifeboats and in verifying the satisfactory...
The single point mooring system. A single anchor leg mooring system consists of an anchoring structure with built-in...
The shell plating with stiffeners and girders below the upper turn of bilge.
A type of multi-panel hatch cover in which the panels roll along the coaming and tip into stowage. The panels may...
A joint that is welded from one side only.
An inverted U-shaped pipe with unequal legs for conveying liquid over the edge of a container and delivering it...
A ship of the same main dimensions, general arrangement, capacity plan and structural design as the first ship...
A deep, vertical, finlike projection on the bottom of a vessel near the stern, installed to support the lower edge...
A powered boat used to assist the purse seiner.
They are devices for removing the oil from the sea surface, and can be found in many forms. They may be free-floating...
The resistance component of a ship which is due to the roughness of the hull plating.
A downward-extending, flexible structure used to contain or divide an air cushion.
An opening in a deck to ensure air and light to the compartment below.
Any tank that is not totally empty or pressed full.
To rotate about a vertical axis in a horizontal plane.