The terminal point of the tanker deck piping. It consists of a number of pipes. Eeach of them branches off into two or more open ends for cargo loading or discharge.

Device used to achieve lateral separation for In-Sea Equipment towed from a seismic vessel.

A manifest that lists all cargo carried during vessel voyage.

A record of the goods accepted for loading on one vessel.

The stability moment of a ship is the product of the righting lever and the total weight. In head or following seas, the righting lever varies periodically due to the changing wave elevation around the ship and her pitch motion.

A ship in longitudinal seas experiences a completely different shape of the underwater volume as compared with the ship in calm water and in beam seas.

The anti-heeling system developed by the German company Intering™ to prevent the build-up of parametric rolling in head or following seas.

An innovative gantry-type shipboard crane developed by Wijnne & Barends for the handling of forest products and containers.

The ship length for which the midship section is constant in area and shape.

A special cargo vessel designed to transport paper cargo. Paper carriers are often equipped with side loading system.

The pulsation in and out of the bow and stern plating when a ship alternately rises and plunges deep into water.

One unit of a set of hatch cover closures.

A special SOPEP manual requested by the Panama Canal Authorities.

The Panama Canal is approximately 80 kilometers long and connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A crane designed for handling pallets on refrigerated cargo vessels and others where cargo is carried in pallets.

A wooden or steel flat tray for stocking goods in boxes, cartons or bags, can be stacked. Its function is to facilitate the movement the goods, mainly by use of forklift trucks.

The complete number and type of coats applied in the painting job.

Deep cracks in paint that expose substrate.

A liquid material applied or spread over a solid surface on which it subsequently dries or hardens to form a continuous, adherent, obliterating film.

A general term applied to any deck opening leading to the cargo holds.