The method of supporting the weight of a hatch panel whilst correctly mainaining the design compression of the seal.

Steel plates, coils, bars and other products. Stowage factors vary from 0.3 to 0.5 m3/t.

Support pads installed on the hatch coaming in order to transfer the weight of the cover, and any cargo it may be carrying, to the ship hull while allowing for relative movement between the cover and the hatch coaming.

Material delivered to the shipyard contains mill scale and rust. Before fabrication, plates and profiles are blasted and primed at the automatic blasting and paint priming facilities.

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon which is made of pig iron by removing the excess of carbon and the undesirable components by means of oxidation reactions.

A common item in any mechanical system where two parts move relative to one another. A bearing enables the transfer of forces with a minimum of frictional losses.

A term for bulwarks and hatch coaming brackets. Wires or ropes from the deck to the head of a mast, samson post or boom to provide support or prevent movement.

Statutory surveys are required to satisfy International Convention requirements such as Load Line, SOLAS, and MARPOL and are supplementary to Class requirements.

Governments have a duty under different conventions to issue the relevant certificates for their own flag vessels, although they may delegate their authority, and often do so, to the classification societies.

A load that results in the development of a stress field within a body without any acceleration of any part of it.

The right-hand side of a ship when looking forward. Opposite to port.

It is a requirement on most off shore fields to have emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRV) constantly on standby to evacuate personnel from rigs and platforms in the event of an emergency.

The rapid response rescue vessel STRIL POSEIDON was built by Aker Langsten for Simon Møkster Shipping in Stavanger. It is designed to remain on-station the year-round except for annual drydocking for maintenance.

Loading conditions to be examined for the purpose of assessing whether the stability criteria are met.

A test in which specimens of the relevant bulkheads or decks are exposed in a test furnance to temperatures corresponding to the standard time-temperature curve as defined by Annex 1 of Part 3 of IMO Fire Tests Procedures Code.

1. A prismatic section with one dimension significantly larger than the others, that is subjected to bending loads.

A vertical column supporting decks, flats, girders, etc; also called a pillar. Rail stanchions are vertical metal columns with fence-like rails mounted on them.

A conspicuous mark used as a guide to mariners, either a landmark, erected on an eminence near the shore, or a mark moored or driven into the bottom in shallow water.

Interior stairways, lifts and escalators (other than those entirely contained within the machinery spaces) and enclosures thereto.

Billion cubic feet, a unit measurement for large volumes of gas. 1 Bcf is approximately 28.32 million m3.