Ocean shipping

Ocean shipping

Relating to the transportation of goods across an ocean or sea.

Industry: Maritime; Transportation

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pendant

Maritime; Ocean shipping

Also called pennant and means, a length of wire or rope secured at one end to a mast or spar and having a block or other fitting at the lower end.

maneuverability

Maritime; Ocean shipping

The quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind).

buoyancy

Maritime; Ocean shipping

The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.

hogging

Maritime; Ocean shipping

Hogging is the stress a ship's hull or keel experiences that causes the center or the keel to bend upward.

sagging

Maritime; Ocean shipping

In this case the beam is loaded or other wise subjected to external forces making the beam bend in such a way that the ends curve upwards.

seaworthiness

Maritime; Ocean shipping

The term seaworthiness is used when describing the state of ships usually to say that a vessel is fit or safe to travel on the sea.

list

Maritime; Ocean shipping

List refers to a ship leaning to one side under stable conditions, often caused by uneven loading or flooding. By contrast "roll" refers to the dynamic movement from side to side caused by waves.