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Transportation
Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.
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deck log
Transportation; Shipping
A full nautical record of a ship's voyage, written up at the end of each watch by the deck officer on watch. The principal entries are: courses steered; distance run; compass ...
deckhand
Transportation; Shipping
Seaman who works on the deck of a ship and remains in the wheelhouse attending to the orders of the duty officers during navigation and manoeuvring.
deadweight (DWT)
Transportation; Shipping
A common measure of ship carrying capacity, equalling the number of tonnes of cargo, stores and bunkers that the ship can transport. It is the difference between the number of ...
davits
Transportation; Shipping
Two radial cranes on a ship which hold the lifeboats, which are used to lower and lift lifeboats.
cubic capacity
Transportation; Shipping
The most important commercial measurement when the intrinsic weight of the cargo is so low that the ship becomes full without being loaded to the cargo line. Is expressed in cubic ...
crew list
Transportation; Shipping
List prepared by the master of a ship showing the full names, nationality, passport or discharge book number, rank and age of every officer and crew member engaged on board that ...
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