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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
Featured terms
Well intervention vessel
A dynamically positioned (DP) ship-shaped offshore unit provided with equipment for well stimulation or maintenance (e.g. coil tubing).
Bridge visibility
Risk of collision has always accompanied marine transport. Despite improved navigating equipment, this risk is even greater today due to the growing number of bigger and faster vessels.
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.
