A curve showing the resistance of a ship or its model to towing as obtained by experiments in a model basin. The model is run at various speeds and its resistance is shown for each speed.

During ship design stage many calculations are made in order to define minimummetacentric height GMMIN values, which would meet all intact and damage stabilitycriteria.

The flow of electricity through conductor. The unit of measurement is the ampere.

Minimum time needed for the paint to achieve its properties and mechanical characteristics.

The hardening of liquid paint by a chemical reaction or by blending a cross-linking agent or hardener.

All damage due to various physical causes, specifically applied to fatigue under various stress ranges and frequencies.

Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing.

A fully radiused stern construction.

A luxury passenger ship designed to provide holidays afloat. Cruise liners are now basically designed as a hotel accommodation fitted inside a ship, where public spaces and leisure areas demand larger space.

The 19,300 dwt vessel was completed by Damen Shipyards and delivered to Carisbrooke Shipping Limited in 2003.

Transportation of forest products, such as paper, pulp and sawn timber is a core activity of the Dutch owner Spliethoff which manages more than 55 multi-purpose tweendeck cargo vessels.

Vessels developed for monitoring, supporting and subsea operation services.

The mussel catch is led into two bins situated in port and starboard side. In these two bins water derived from two shower and rising heads flushes away sand, soil and loose tarra from the mussels.

Marine door with a novel locking mechanism developed by WINEL Company (the Netherlands).

A cover permanently fitted above a ventilator located in the weather deck, usually round and of larger diameter than the ventilator.

To reduce container loading and discharging times up to three containers are connected as a stack by twistlocks, and are lifted together as so-called “vertical tandem lift unit”.

Usually a smaller ship with one or two box-shaped holds, reinforced tanktop (15-20t/m2) to allow heavy and project cargoes, often fitted with a removable tweendeck.

The NEPTUN TRADER is one of 10 NEPTUN 30-type dry cargo vessels designed by Neptun Stahl (Germany) and built by Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co.Ltd (China).

A coarse strainer with a straight tailpipe down to the bilge.

Lines defining the geometry of a hull as a surface without thickness; structural members are related to the moulded lines according to the standard practice, e.g. the inside surface of flush shell plating is on the moulded line.