Boats & ships

Boats & ships

Of or relating to transportation vessels that can travel over water.

Industry: Transportation

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self-geared ship

Transportation; Boats & ships

Any ship with its own gear, or crane/s for loading and discharging shipping cargo including containers, thus enabling the ship to serve ports which do not have suitable lifting equipment.

self-trimming ship

Transportation; Boats & ships

A ship whose holds re shaped in such a way that the cargo levels itself.

A certificate issued by a classification society surveyor to allow a vessel to proceed after she has met with a mishap that may have affected its seaworthiness. It is frequently issued to enable a ...

seabee

Transportation; Boats & ships

Sea-barge, a barge carrier design similar to "LASH" but which uses rollers to move the barges aboard the ship; the self-propelled loaded barges are themselves loaded on board as cargo and are ...

salvage

Transportation; Boats & ships

The property which has been recovered from a wrecked vessel, or the recovery of the vessel herself.

RO/RO ship

Transportation; Boats & ships

Freight ship or ferry with facilities for vehicles to drive on and off (roll-on roll-off); a system of loading and discharging a ship whereby the cargo is driven on and off on ramps. Equipped with ...