The area which is covered by one litre of paint.

A frame containing four twistlocks on its bottom corners which fit into the top container castings.

A type of Position Mooring System. It is a system with multiple catenarymooring lines anchored to piles or drag anchors at the seabed.

Projections (buoyancy casings) from each side of the hull used sometimes on ro-ro ferries to enhance their stability.

The term for a cross-joint at which the panels separate, i.e. they are not hinged together.

An apparatus used for fire-fighting purposes.

The chemical overall used as a protection suit when a gastight clothing is unnecessary. It provides effective protection against chemicals, oils, etc.

An enclosure which protects electrical equipment from drops of liquid or solid particles which fall onto it or travel along a straight line at any angle not greater than 100 degrees from the vertical.

A small, primitive sea animal with a calcareous shell which in its adult form lives attached to some alien object, such as a ship hull, wharf piles, and the like.

A part of a machine which rotates, e.g. lathe spindle, or a pin upon which another part turns.

Ships designed to carry either barges or containers exclusively, or some variable number of barges and containers simultaneously.

Special equipment for fighting accidental oil spills at early stages.

A way of loading cargo into large barges and then in turn loading the barges into a ship.

Test runs which are carried out by a newly completed ship to determine its speed, the engine revolutions per minute and the power developed.

Ship speed measuring devices.

The wind speed, ambient temperature, seawater temperatures, current and wave height under which the vessel is designed to carry out intended operations.

Technical Specification is, beside the Contract, the most important contractual document that shall describe exactly characteristics of the new vessel.

A mechanically self-propelled ship which, by its function, carries on board more than 12 special personnel, including passengers.

Hull penetrations for installations such as echo sounder, speed log, and impressed current cathodic protection system.

Enclosed spaces above or below the bulkhead deck intended for the carriage of motor vehicles with fuel in their tanks for their own propulsion...