Reducing the humidity. Humidity and condensation can cause damage to cargoes and also to the holds or tanks containing them.

A weld with one or more defects.

A discontinuity or discontinuities that by nature or accumulated effect (for example total crack length) render a part or product unable to meet the minimum applicable acceptance standards or specifications. This term designates rejectability.

Electrically- or hydraulically-driven cargo pumps used in tanker cargo pumping system. A deepwell pump is submerged in the fluid that it is pumping with its impeller placed in a well in the tanktop...

The traffic routes of both cargo and passenger vessels which regularly operate on the high seas or on long voyages.

Deepwater generally means greater than 500m, whereas very deep water means 1000m or deeper for offshore pipeline installations.

Breaking within the thickness of a paint film.

An agreement reached between a ship and port facility or another ship specifying the security measures to be implemented by both parties.

An enclosed erection on or above the weather deck that does not extend from side to side of the ship.

Seaman who works on the deck and stays in the wheelhouse attending to the orders of the duty officers during navigation and manoeuvring.

The deck plating with stiffeners, girders and supporting pillars.

The strake of deck planting that runs along the outboard edge of a deck.

A ship specially intended to carry cargo exclusively on the deck.

A non-return valve arranged to prevent the back-flow of flammable gases, from cargo tanks, into an inert gas plant.

The plating forming the covering of a deck, considered collectively.

It refers to all officers who assist the Master in navigating the vessel when underway, and supervise the handling of cargo when in port.

A full nautical record of a ship voyage, noted down at the end of each watch by the deck officer on watch.

A continuous girder running in a fore-and-aft direction on the underside of deck beams.

The officers and seamen employed in the deck department. Also called deck crew, deck department, or just deck.

A term applied to steering gear, capstans, windlasses, winches, and miscellaneous machinery located on the decks of a ship.