Panamax Plus are all Panamax ships authorised for fresh water draft greater than 12.04m up to 15.2m and approved for transit in the new locks.

Panamax ships are all ships that comply with the size and draft limitations of the existing (old) locks; namely, length 294.13m by 32.31m in breadth by 12.04 fresh water draft.

Neopanamax is a ship with dimensions greater than Panamax or Panamax Plus that comply with the size and draft limitations of the new locks, which are: • max length 366.0m. • max breadth 49.0m. • max draft (fresh water) 15.2m.

Free Alongside Ship Free Alongside Ship means that the seller delivers when the goods are placed alongside the vessel at the named port of shipment. This means that the buyer has to bear all costs and risks of loss of or damage to the goods from that mom ...

Voyages where the ship is not generally underway for periods long enough for seafarers to require sleep, or long off-duty periods, during the voyages.

A sound where the level fluctuates through a total range of less than 5 dB(A) as measured on the "slow" response of a sound level meter in one minute.

Energy that is transmitted by pressure waves in air or other materials and is the objective cause of the sensation of hearing.

Those levels at and above which persons exposed to them without protection are at risk of sustaining a noise induced hearing loss.

The condition in which all machinery solely required for propulsion is stopped.

A vessel specifically constructed for, or used in conjunction with, operations associated with the laying of submarine pipelines.

Any person on board other than the master and members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of that ship.

Those exposures typically occurring once per week, or less frequently.

The shaft speed specified for the ship's acceptance on initial delivery, or after being modified, as applicable

A hearing loss, originating in the nerve cells within the cochlea, attributable to the effects of sound.

For the purpose of the Code all sound which can result in hearing impairment, or which can be harmful to health or be otherwise dangerous.

Those parts of the ship's navigating bridge extending towards the ship's sides.

A vessel capable of engaging in drilling operations for the exploration for, or exploitation of, resources beneath the sea-bed, such as liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, sulfur or salt.

All spaces containing propulsion machinery, boilers, oil fuel units, steam and internal combustion engines, generators and major electrical machinery, oil filling stations, refrigerating, stabilizing, ventilation and air-conditioning machinery and similar ...

The number found by plotting the octave band spectrum on the NR curves given in IS0 Standard R 1996-1967 and selecting the - r- highest noise rating curve to which the spectrum is tangent.

A sound level meter designed or adapted to measure the level of the mean squared time averaged A-weighted sound pressure.