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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
Featured terms
Manoeuvring tests
The full-scale trials conducted in order to evaluate such performance of a ship as turning, yaw-checking, course-keeping and stopping abilities.
Aframax tanker
A tanker with deadweight of 79,999dwt, however the term Aframax is generally used for tankers in the 50,000 – 100,000dwt capacity range.
Reduction gear, gearbox
Equipment used to convert the output shaft revolutions of the main engine to those required to rotate the propeller.
