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Boats & ships
Of or relating to transportation vessels that can travel over water.
Industry: Transportation
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Boats & ships
feeder ship
Transportation; Boats & ships
Ships that handle transhipped cargo from one port to another.
freight all kinds(FAK)
Transportation; Boats & ships
A system where freight is charged per container, irrespective of the nature of goods and not according to tariff.
dunnage
Transportation; Boats & ships
A term applied to loose wood or other material used in a ship's hold for the protection of cargo.
dry dock
Transportation; Boats & ships
An enclosed basin into which a ship is taken for underwater cleaning and repairing. It is fitted with watertight entrance gates which when closed permit the dock to be pumped dry. Sometimes has two ...
dry cargo ship
Transportation; Boats & ships
Vessel that carries all merchandise, excluding liquid in bulk.
drill ship
Transportation; Boats & ships
Regular production ship usually on offshore oil wells, positioned by anchors or dynamic positioning. Possesses its own propulsion machinery.
