Material delivered to the shipyard contains mill scale and rust. Before fabrication, plates and profiles are blasted...
Steel plates, coils, bars and other products. Stowage factors vary from 0.3 to 0.5 m3/t.
The method of supporting the weight of a hatch panel whilst correctly mainaining the design compression of the...
The machinery, rudder actuators, steering gear power units and the means of applying torque to the rudder stock...
According to SOLAS requirements, the steering gear compartment shall be readily accessible and, as far as practicable...
The equipment through which orders are transmitted from the navigation bridge to the steering gear power units.
An electric motor and its associated electrical equipment in the case of electric steering gear, or an electric...
A nozzle pivoting on a vertical axis and fitted around a screw propeller. Steering nozzles create steering forces...
A system used for of steering the ship. It is in constant use when the ship is underway, and any failure or malfunction...
The bow frame forming the apex of the intersection of the forward sides of a ship. At its lower end it is rigidly...
The after end of ship.
Bearings which support the propeller shaft.
The system installed on FSOs and FPSOs for off-loading of crude oil to shuttle tankers.
A heavy strong member (large casting, forging or weldment) attached to after end of the keel.
Mooring lines leading ashore from the after end or poop of a ship, often at an angle of about 45 degrees to the...
Access equipment for ro-ro ships. The system consists of a watertight axial ramp/door with entering and bridging...
The watertight tube enclosing and supporting the propeller shaft. It consists of a cast-iron or casted steel cylinder...
A split ring mounted on the sterntube. Removal of this ring enables the housing to be moved with respect to the...
Oil-lubricated white metal bearing usually consists of two bushes pressed into a stern-tube.
In principle, the sterntube aft seals can function without a lubrication system. However, the aft sealing functions...