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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
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Ultra large crude carrier HELLESPONT ALHAMBRA
During the golden boom years on the tanker market, from 1967 until the oil crisis of 1973, orders for about 80 VLCCs (200,000-320,000 dwt) and 40 ULCCs (over 320,000 dwt) were placed.
Lifeboat
A motor-propelled survival craft carried by a ship for use in emergency. A ship should be its own best lifeboat but there are sometimes situations where abandonment of the ship is unavoidable.
RAMFORM TITAN
The RAMFORM TITAN delivered by the MHI shipyard in Nagasaki, is the most powerful and efficient marine seismic acquisition vessel ever built and, with a width at the stern of 70m, the widest ship in the world at the waterline.