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2. Ship-to-ship cargo transfer - Wikipedia

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   Ship-to-ship transfer operations take place at open sea or at OPL (outer port limit). The involved parties are the 2 participating vessels and the Service Provider who provides the STS equipment and the qualified Mooring Master (Person in Overall Advisory Control, POAC).

3. Aiviq - Wikipedia

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   Aiviq is an American icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) built in 2012 to support oil exploration and drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska. The vessel's primary task was towing and laying anchors for drilling rigs, and oil spill response. [6] [7] [8] In December 2024, the USCG finalized the contract for the acquisition of ...

4. Berth (moorings) - Wikipedia

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   Container berth Used to handle standard intermodal containers. Vessels are loaded and unloaded by container cranes, designed specifically for the task. These berths will feature large areas of land for container handling near the berth and will also have significant equipment on dock to facilitate rapid movement of containers on and off the ...

5. Anchor - Wikipedia

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   Holding ground is the area of sea floor that holds an anchor, and thus the attached ship or boat. [4] Different types of anchor are designed to hold in different types of holding ground. [5] Some bottom materials hold better than others; for instance, hard sand holds well, shell holds poorly. [6] Holding ground may be fouled with obstacles. [6]

6. Anchor handling tug supply vessel - Wikipedia

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   The machinery is specifically designed for anchor handling operations. They also have arrangements for quick anchor release, which is operable from the bridge or other normally crewed locations in direct communication with the bridge. The reference load used in the design and testing of the towing winch is twice the static bollard pull.

7. Caisson (engineering) - Wikipedia

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   Boat lift caissons: The word caisson is also used as a synonym for the moving trough part of caisson locks, canal lifts and inclines in which boats and ships rest while being lifted from one canal elevation to another; the water is retained on the inside of the caisson, or excluded from the caisson, according to the respective operating principle.