A method of settling disputes by one or more arbitrators. Quicker and less expensive than taking a case to court.

Recognizing that no one solution is suitable across all ship types Wärtsilä Water Systems designed two technology choices for Ballast Water Management: AQUARIUS® UV and AQUARIUS® EC.

Equipment of the design that has been tested and approved by an appropriate authoritysuch as a government department or classification society.

The portions of a vessel extending beyond the main hull outline including such items as rudder, propellers, struts, shafts, shaft bossings, sonar domes and bilge keels.

Bilge keels, fin stabilisers. See Roll stabilisation.

Transverse tanks installed at suitable height and distance from the ship center line in order to generate anti-rolling forces by phased flow of large volume of liquid.

The containers are connected longitudinally with so called “anti-racking spacers”, thus creating one 40-foot container out of two 20-foot ones. This system avoids...

A ring installed in the upper end of the cylinder in order to remove deposits from the piston top land and ensure proper cylinder function, no bore polishing, stable lube oil consumption and low wear of the liner.

A device, like a cleat, which prevents a hatch cover from lifting up.

During loading and discharging the ship’s heel has to be kept to minimum to avoid jamming of containers in cell guides, twisting of ramps or damage of rolling cargo.

A coating, paint, surface treatment or device that is used on a ship to control or to prevent the attachment of unwanted organisms.

A paint containing agents for preventing the adhesion and growth of organisms on the hull.

Anti-exposure suits are similar to immersion suits, but there are a few differences. They must provide at least 70 Newtons of buoyancy and be made of material that reduces the risk of heat stress during rescue and evacuation operations.

An audible signal indicating a condition or system state (usually of an emergency or abnormal nature).

The type of steel heat treatment. The steel is heated to around 850-950°C and then is cooled slowly either in a furnace or in an insulated space. Softer, more ductile steel that that in the normalised condition is produced.

The angle between the horizontal line and the side of the cone formed when the granular materials as grain, coal, sand or ores are poured onto a flat surface. The angle of repose of most grain loads...

The angle at which a ship with a negative initial metacentric height will lie at rest in still water. In a seaway, such a ship will oscillate between the angle of loll on SB and the one on PS.

A steady angle of heel created by forces within the ship. For example, when the ship is inclined due to her asymmetric construction, or by shifting a weight transversely within the ship. The list reduces of ship’s stability.

A steady angle of heel created by an external force, such as wind or waves.

Downflooding angle related to intact stability is the angle of heel at which the lower edge of openings in the hull, superstructures or deckhouses that cannot be closed weathertight immerse.