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class location unit

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In the area stretching 200 m to each side of the route, with a length of 1600 m, defined with the purpose of allowing the counting of constructions to be used as housing.

broken stowage

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Space in the hold not used by cargo because it is inappropriate to the kind of container, or because ventilation or separation of cargo is necessary. It is also called dunnage.

structural unit

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Subdivision of the hull of the ship adopted in order to make the building of structure easier, allowing the assembly to be performed in a sheltered and also easy to reach place.

icebreaker

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Ship equipped to open the way in glacial seas.

universal transverse mercator

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See UTM scheme.

breakwater

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Vertical plank or board, a little inclined to the fore, put on the deck, at the stem, in order to lessen the violence of waters and avoid its passage to the aft.