IACS was formed in 1968 to promote the highest standard in safety and pollution prevention.

The capability of internal structures and their closing appliances to prevent progressive flooding to volumes assumed buoyant or intact.

In an internal combustion engine the energy supplied by a burning fuel is directly converted into mechanical energy by the controlled burning of the fuel in an enclosed space.

The intermodal project for river-sea-river trailer transport which aims to develop ro-ro vessels to sail on various shortsea routes and which would also be capable of navigating up important inland waterways.

Carriage of goods employing various modes of transport, i.e. sea/land, rail/sea, etc., between the sender and the receiver.

A weld in which the continuity is broken by recurring unwelded spaces.

The lengths of shafting between the propeller shaft and the engine or the gearbox.

A rigid, semi-rigid or flexible, portable bulk container packaging of a capacity of not more than 3m3, designed for mechanical handling and tested for its satisfactory resistance to handling and transport stresses.

Automatic in-service inclining test system developed by the German company Intering in order to improve safety and payload.

The air- or pump-activated inclination equalising systems operating during loading and unloading, in order to keep heel as low as possible.

An electrical instrument for detecting the boundary between oil and water.

Made in separate parts; between floors, frames or beams, etc; the opposite of continuous.

The space between the primary and the secondary barrier, whether or not completely or partially occupied by insulation or other material, (IGC Code).

A combination of computer-based systems which are interconnected in order to allow the communication between computer system and monitoring, control, and vessel management systems.

The IPP system consists of the CP propeller, the shaft line, the gearbox with built-in hydraulic system and the control system.

The combining of all the individual control systems in a plant into a single computer-controlled system. This would include all aspects of navigation, cargo control, machinery control and also administrative systems on a ship.

The use of a common power system for both propulsion and ship services.

A series of interconnected and closely grouped screens and modules allowing centralised access to navigational, propulsion, control and monitoring information.

An electrolytic anti-fouling protection system designed by Wilson Taylor especially for seawater intakes.

Analyzing the data of vessels that behaved well, and especially the data of vessels that did not survive adverse conditions, various researchers and regulatory authorities defined criteria for deciding if the stability of a vessel is satisfactory.