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A ship
Basic vocabulary 1
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Basic vocabulary 1
Radar: apparatus that detects objects through the use of microwaves.
Pilot house: a room in the superstructure containing navigation and steering equipment. Upper deck: higher deck on a ship.
Capstan: vertical axled winch that can be used to apply force to a cable, rope, etc.
Basic vocabulary 2
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Flagpole
Boom
Basic vocabulary 2
Hawsehole (hawsepipe): opening in the front of a ship for anchor cables. Anchor: a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving. Bow: part at the front of a boat that cleaves the water. Bulwark: protective rim of the upper deck. Flagpole: post used to hoist flags. Boom: post used to load and unload goods.
Passenger Liner
Cruise Liner
Hydrofoil
Basic Vocabulary 3
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Hydrofoil boat
Stern
Stack Windlass
Basic Vocabulary 3
Hydrofoil boat: high-speed ship which lifts above the
water surface at speed. Stern: the rear part of a ship Stack (funnel): conical shaped structure consisting of a shaft for ventilation and the passage of smoke . Windlass: horizontal axled winch that is used to hoist an anchor.
Hovercraft
Hovercraft
Basic vocabulary 4
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Hovercraft
Rudder
Gearbox
Basic vocabulary 4
Hovercraft: transport vehicle that moves on a cushion of air.
Rudder: apparatus for turning the boat. Gearbox: device which reduces or multiplies angular velocity.
Ferry
Oil tanker 1
oil tanker = petroleum tanker
designed for the bulk transport of oil Basic types: Crude tanker (carries large quantities of unrefined oil from its point of extraction to refineries) Product tanker (smaller / carries petrochemicals from refineries to points near consuming markets)
Oil tanker 2
VLC very large crude carrier (200,000 300,000 dwt)
Chemical carrier
= type of tanker designed to transport chemicals in
bulk
has separate cargo tanks - coated
LPG carrier
LNG carrier
FPSO
FPSO
= floating production, storage and offloading
used by the offshore industry for processing
Container ship
Container ship
rapid growth ofcontainer transport
cargo can be transported from customer to customer TEU (twenty feet equivalent unit) FEU (forty feet equivalent unit)
Ro Ro ship
Ro-Ro ship
roll on / roll off
wheeled cargo (automobiles, trucks, etc.) ramps
Bulk carrier
Bulk carrier
carries unpackaged bulk cargo (grain, coal, ore,
Basic vocabulary 5
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Navigation bridge
Container
Loading crane Bulbous bow
Basic vocabulary 5
Navigation bridge: raised platform from which a vessel is controlled.
Container: standard sized boxlike object used for transporting goods. Loading crane: apparatus used to lift and operate cargo (containers).
Bulbous bow: a protruding bulb at the bow of a ship just below the waterline.
Tugboat
Tugboat
highly manoeuverable
powerful for their size / strongly built
Supplier
Supplier
= supply ship
designed to supply offshore oil platforms transports goods and personnel to and from offshore
oil platforms
Grab dredger
Grab dredger
used to maintain or deepen channels and fairways
LASH SHIP
Lighter aboard ship
Loading of barges (lighters)
Heavy-lift vessel
Heavy-lift vessel
moves vary large loads that cannot be handled by
Icebreaker
Icebreaker
hulls which are strengthened for navigation in ice
reinforced stem
Fishing vessels
Trawler
Freezer trawler Fishery factory ship Whale ship Whale factory ship
Trawler
Trawler
engaged in all-the-year-round fishing
must therefore be a strong, sturdy vessel able to work in the worst of weather
Freezer trawler
can remain at sea for many weeks longer than this as
the catch is sorted, washed, gutted and then frozen into about 40 kg-blocks and retained at a temperature of about -28C, until port is reached.
Fish factory
the catch is not only cleaned and gutted, but also