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The vessel consists of two major moving parts (port and starboard halves), both are mostly symmetrical in design. Both parts of the vessel are hinged at the deck and operated by hydraulic cylinders. When the vessel splits the load is dumped rapidly, which means the barge has to be very stable in order not to capsize or otherwise get damaged.
Lloyd’s Register (“LR”) load line mark and lines and timber load line mark and lines for power-driven merchant vessels Lloyd’s Register (“LR”) load line mark and lines for commercial sailing vessels. The original "Plimsoll mark" was a circle with a horizontal line through it to show the maximum draft of a ship.
Following are some to the features characterizing the soil in an offshore environment: [8] The soil is made up of sediments, which are generally assumed to be in a saturated state – saline water fills in the pore space. Marine sediments are composed of detrital material as well as remains of marine organisms, the latter making up calcareous ...
Container size – A 20 feet container can not be loaded up on a 40 feet container, but the reverse is possible if the vessel structure allows it. Planners can also load a 40 feet container on top of two units of 20 feet container, this known as a "Russian stowage" or "mixed stowage".
Used mainly to determine the minimum water depth for safe passage of a vessel and to calculate the vessels displacement (obtained from ships stability tables) so as to determine the mass of cargo on board. Draft, Air – Air Draft/Draught is the distance from the water line to the highest point on a ship (including antennas) while it is loaded ...
The Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) is a soil classification system used in engineering and geology to describe the texture and grain size of a soil. The classification system can be applied to most unconsolidated materials, and is represented by a two-letter symbol. Each letter is described below (with the exception of Pt):
Naval vessel able to launch and retrieve airplanes Amphibious warfare ship vessels of various sizes for landing personnel and vehicles Aviso (Spanish, French or Portuguese) Originally a dispatch boat, later applied to ships equivalent to the Royal Navy sloop Barque A sailing vessel with three or more masts, fore-and-aft rigged on only the aftermost
Minimizing the ship's volume near the surface area of the sea, where wave energy is located, minimizes a vessel's response to sea state, even in high seas and at high speeds. The bulk of the displacement necessary to keep the ship afloat is located beneath the waves, where it is less affected by wave action.