The shovelling or sweeping up of smaller quantities of the cargo in the holds by mechanical means (such as bulldozers) or other means to place them in a convenient position for discharge.

Adding, removal or shifting of weight in a ship to achieve the required forward and aft draughts.

The partial or total levelling of the cargo within the holds by means of loading spouts or chutes, portable machinery or manually.

Built by Austal Ships, Australia, the aluminium ro-pax ferry BENCHIJIGUA EXPRESS is the world first trimaran ro-pax ferry.

A stability manual.

The difference of the drafts between forward and aft.

A package of design measures giving improved piston-running behaviour, lower wear rates, longer time between overhauls, and lower cylinder lubricant feed rates.

An integrated design and information system created by Kockums Computer Systems to serve the shipbuilding and offshore industries.

A revolutionary concept of well intervention vessel with a tri-hull configuration, being developed by QinetiQ and Norwegian company Oilfield Technology Group AS.

The new concept of combination carrier developed by Norwegian shipbroker, O-J Libaek.

A large underwater robot designed to inject water and/or air into subsoil to bury cables (or pipelines). It is a key equipment on board the cable layer.

A fishing method with a gear towed through the water. The bottom trawling is used for demersal species.

Vessels used for trawler fishing. They drag along a tunnel-shaped net (trawl) whose size and mesh vary according to ship size and fish species

North Shipyard of Gdańsk in Poland completed the construction of a new class trawler/seiner VEA, which was delivered in January 2004.

The large heavy duty, multi-sheave lifting block which is used to support the weight of the drill string during drilling operations and to hoist a drill pipe and the casing into and out of the hole.

Athwartships, at the right angle to the ship centreline.

More and more refrigerated cargoes are carried in containers. On the other hand, high cube boxes are more and more popular.

Molten sulphur has to be carried at the temperature within the ranges of 120°C and 155°C – normally about 140°C – which places very heavy demands on the cargo equipment...

Molten bitumen and related products are transported at high temperatures up to 250°C in independent tanks supported by means of special methods.

A square-ended stern used to provide additional hull volume and deck space at the aft.