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A kind of winch, which is applied for longitudinal and transverse moving or positioning the engineering ship.

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A reel designed for receiving/rendering and storing the marine & on-shore cable

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A winch designed for hoisting and lowering the rescue-boat or life/rescue-boat.

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NDE

What is NDE? Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) is a term that is often used interchangeably with NDT.However, technically, NDE is used to describe measurements that are more quantitative innature. For example, an NDE method would not only locate a defect, b ...

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A bill of materials (also known as a BOM or bill of material) is a comprehensive list of parts, items, assemblies and other materials required to create a product, ...

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– A boiler test to ensure that the safety valves can release steam fast enough to prevent the pressure rising by 10%. The main steam stop valve is closed during the test.

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– The confirmed or official ship dimensions.

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1. A type of lifting gear often installed on stern of cable vessels, pipe-lying vessels and offshore construction vessels for sub sea load handling. 2. A fabricated steel structural element of a slow speed, two-stroke diesel engine. It stands on the bedp ...

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– Offshore cranes and other equipment doing subsea work are provided with AHC systems to ensure presicion in high sea states and extreme weather conditions. The essential function of AHC technology is the ability to land and retrieve subsea installations ...

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– Bonding strength; the attraction of a coating to the substrate, or to another film of paint or any other material such as steel.

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(AP) – The aft perpendicular passes through the aft end of the freeboard length L.

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– Chemicals added to fuel, lubricating oils or fresh water to improve their physical or chemical characteristics

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– The reduction of rolling provides better fuel/speed performance on rough seas, enhances crew safety and possibly their efficiency. The roll amplitude can be reduced by passive devices, such as bilge keels, or by active devices, such as hydrofoilshaped ...

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– The mass of water which is considered to be set in motion by a ship when heaving, pitching, rolling and vibrating.

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– Substance that makes things stick.

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PCSMPEP

The Panama Canal Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (PCSOPEP) is a program that seeks to implement emergency preparedness strategies for Panama Canal waters. The PCSOPEP services aids the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) in minimizing consequences of oil ...

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A

Alfa - A = signal letter and flag. Morse = ( . - )Burgee flag= White at hoist, blue at the fly.When hoisted singly from a ship it means "Undergoing speed trial" (Kerchove).

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– Governmental organizations, such as the United States Coast Guard (USCG), UK Marine Safety Agency (UK MSA), Norwegian Maritime Directorate (NMD), etc., that provide maritime services such as the issuance of certificates and classification of ships for ...

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B

Bravo - B = signal letter and flag. Morse = ( - . . . ) Burgee flag= Red. When hoisted singly from a ship it means " I am discharging / loading explosives or flammable substances". Still widely used when bunkering.

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PCSOPEP

The Panama Canal Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (PCSOPEP) is a program that seeks to implement emergency preparedness strategies for Panama Canal waters. The PCSOPEP services aids the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) in minimizing consequences of oil ...

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