a tank specifically designated for the collection of tank drainings, tank washings and other oily mixtures. … [Read more...]

the liquid resisting outer element of a cargo containment system designated to afford temporary containment of any envisaged leakage of liquid cargo through the primary barrier and to prevent the lowering of temperature of the ship’s structure to an unsafe level. … [Read more...]

Safety approval plate –is described as an information plate which is permanently affixed to an approved container. The plate provides general operating information inclusive of the country of approval and date of manufacture, identification number, its maximum gross weight, its allowable stacking weight and racking test load value. The plate also carries ‘end wall strength’, the ‘side wall strength’ and the maintenance examination date.  … [Read more...]

any enclosed space, above or below the bulkhead deck intended for the carriage of motor vehicles with fuel in their tanks for their own propulsion, into and from which such vehicles can be driven and to which passengers have access … [Read more...]

Cordage of up to about 24 mm in size, secured in adequate lengths to the load being lifted in order to provide stability and a steadying influence to the load when in transit from the quay to ship or ship to barge. Larger, heavier loads may use steadying tackles for the same purpose. However, these are more often secured to a collar/saucer arrangement, above the lifting hook, as opposed to being secured to the load itself. Tackles are rove with FSWR, not fibre cordage.  … [Read more...]

System Electronic Navigational ChartA database that comprises of ENC data, ENC updates and other data added manually, that is accessed by and displayed on ECDIS. … [Read more...]

The international service for the broadcast and automatic reception of MSI via the Inmarsat EGC system. … [Read more...]

A sea area in which oceanographic and ecological conditions and sea traffic make the use of special mandatory methods for the prevention of sea pollution necessary. … [Read more...]

The final operation in draining liquid from a tank or pipeline. … [Read more...]

An oil with an electrical conductivity greater than 50 picoSiemens/metre (pS/m), which renders it incapable of retaining a significant electrostatic charge. … [Read more...]