– Offshore cranes and other equipment doing subsea work are provided with AHC systems to ensure presicion in high sea states and extreme weather conditions. The essential function of AHC technology is the ability to land and retrieve subsea installations ...

Without any means of powering, except for hand power.

1. A type of lifting gear often installed on stern of cable vessels, pipe-lying vessels and offshore construction vessels for sub sea load handling. 2. A fabricated steel structural element of a slow speed, two-stroke diesel engine. It stands on the bedp ...

A prime mover which is suitable for operating the deck machinery at its full designed load.

Vapour rising like steam or smoke from the sea caused by very cold air blowing over it.

A disease caused by lack of Vitamin C historically common to seaman, because of the difficulty in preserving fresh fruits and vegetables.

– Chemicals added to fuel, lubricating oils or fresh water to improve their physical or chemical characteristics

– The mass of water which is considered to be set in motion by a ship when heaving, pitching, rolling and vibrating.

– Bonding strength; the attraction of a coating to the substrate, or to another film of paint or any other material such as steel.

The maximum rope tension (in kilonewtons), measured at the drum exit when the drum ceases to rotate in the direction of haul, the prime mover being set for maximum torque and the rope being wound on the drum in a single layer.

– Substance that makes things stick.

A test applied to each machine produced by a manufacturer.

A crane with a jib which may be rotated by turning gear and adjusted in the vertical plane.

The maximum rope tension (in kilonewtons), measured at the drum commences to rotate in the direction of haul, the prime mover being set for maximum torque under automatic control and the rope being wound on the drum in a single layer.

The operation of securing the ratlines to the shrouds.

The Panama Canal Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (PCSOPEP) is a program that seeks to implement emergency preparedness strategies for Panama Canal waters. The PCSOPEP services aids the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) in minimizing consequences of oil ...

A winch having a rope storage capacity and used for slewing and retaining a boom.

A crane with a boom consisted of several sections, being capable of moving the weight positions though folding the boom.

A lightly powered or unpowered drum intended solely for rope storage

A kind of winch, which is applied for longitudinal and transverse moving or positioning the engineering ship.