Tunnel which accommodates pipelines and runs longitudinally alongh the centre line of a ship.

Refers to the total weight of allowable lifting capacity of heavy cargo, together with the mass of the sub-hook (or fittings) under design working conditions. For the crane with variable-luffing, the safe working load is defined based on the luffing capac ...

Steel surround to a hatchway vertically to the deck for preventing water ingress into the hold and to lessen risk for persons.

Fuel Quantity Indicator Floristic Quality Index (ecological index) FQI Fuel Quantity Indicator FQI Federal Quality Institute FQI Fibre Quality Index (textiles) FQI Food Quality Indicator FQI Final Quality Inspection (Mazda Motor Corp.) ...

A unit fitted with control levers, buttons, etc., as appropriate.

Small hatch in the fidley deck around the stack and uptakes. Generally closed by grating and steel covers.

Contract Maximum Continuous Rating in kW.

A V-shaped chain, wire, or rope attached to a vessel being towed to which the towline is connected.

Strengthening on the two top corners of shipping containers.

Attachment to a crane which consists of a pair of large pincers at the end of a wire.

Calculated Carbon Aromacity Index. The CCAI is a calculated value originally intended to indicate the ignition properties or ignition delay of the fuel related to the viscosity and density. The CCAI gives no indication of the combustion properties. The C ...

A power-driven cable lifter mounted on a vertical shaft. The shaft may be extended beyond the cable lifter to carry a warping end. The cable lifter is declutch-able from the prime mover, and in operation and use is similar to the windlass.

A winch with the ability to drop and hoist the anchor which is tied with a rope or a rope combined with chain and to hold and storage rope may be fixed or not the warping ends

BSFC: Brake Specific Fuel Consumption in g/kWh

ZUMACA. Small sailing coaster from the River Plate estuary and the adjacent waters of Brazil. (Kerchove)

Admiralty constant – A coefficient used in the preliminary estimations of the power required in a new design to attain the desired speed. It is presented by the formula: where: D = displacement in tons, V = speed in knots, P = shaft power in kW. Values ...

A crane with a cantilever which is incapable of luffing. The cargo hook is fixed on the out end of the cantilever or hanged on a movable carriage along it.

A machinery device, which is applied for clipping and receiving/rending the electric cables during cable-laying under water.

An air operated device for hoisting or pulling. Similar to a slusher or tugger or An engine for handling drafts of cargo secured on deck and fitted with drums on a horizontal axle.

A machine having a vertically mounted warping end on which a rope may be wound under power, but not stored.