Glossary of maritime terminology
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- A-Frame
- Abandon Ship
- Able Bodied Seaman
- Accommodation
- Accommodation Ladder
- Accommodation Vessel
- Act of God
- Active Fin Stabilizers
- ACV
- ACVs
- Added Mass
- Admeasurement
- Administration
- Adrift
- Afloat
- Aframax Tanker
- Aft
- Aft Peak
- Aft Peak Bulkhead
- Aft Peak Tank
- Aft Perpendicular
- Afterbody
- Afternoon Watch
- Agency Fee
- Aground
- AHTS
- Aids to Navigation
- Aids to Navigation Service Vessel
- Air Cushion Vehicle
- Air Draft
- Air Lock
- Air Lubrication
- Air Resistance
- Air Trunks
- AIS
- Alarm and Monitoring System
- Aldis Lamp
- Alfa
- All Hands
- Alleyway
- Allision
- Alongside
- Amidships
- AMS
- Anchor
- Anchor Ball
- Anchor Buoy
- Anchor Cable
- Anchor Chain
- Anchor Handling Tug
- Anchor Lights
- Anchor Pocket
- Anchor Rode
- Anchor Rope
- Anchor Watch
- Anchor Windlass
- Anchorage
- Anti-Exposure Suit
- Anti-Fouling Paint
- Anti-Fouling System
- Anti-Heeling System
- Anti-Rack Spacer System
- Anti-Roll Tank
- Appendages
- Apron
- ARPA
- Arrest
- Articles of Agreement
- Assembly Station
- Astern
- Athwartships
- Atrium
- Auto Container
- Auto Mooring System
- Automatic Identification System (AIS)
- Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA)
- Autonomous Vessel
- Autopilot
- Auxiliaries
- Auxiliary Boiler
- Auxiliary Crane Shp
- Avast
- Awash
- Aweigh
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- BACAT
- Back-up Navigator
- Backhaul
- Backstay
- Bagged Cargo
- Bale Capacity
- Ballast
- Ballast Keel
- Ballast Movement
- Ballast Pumps
- Ballast System
- Ballast Tank
- Ballasting
- Bareboat Charter
- Barge
- Barge Aboard Catamaran
- Barge Carrier
- Battens
- Bays
- BBB
- BDN
- Beacon
- Beam
- Before Breaking Bulk
- Bell
- Bell Buoy
- Berth
- Berthing
- Bight
- Bilge
- Bilge Blocks
- Bilge Keel
- Bilge Pump
- Bilge Water
- Bilge Water Separator
- Bill of Lading
- BIMCO
- BL
- Blast
- Blind Sector
- Blue Peter
- BNWAS
- Boarding Arrangements
- Boarding Facilities
- Boarding Speed
- Boat Falls
- Boatswain
- Boiler
- BoL
- Bollard
- Bonded Goods
- Bonded Warehouse
- Boom
- Boottop
- Boss Hub
- Bosun
- Bosun Store
- Boundary Layer
- Bow
- Bow Thruster
- Box
- Bravo
- Breadth
- Break Bulk Cargo
- Break Bulk Vessel
- Bridge
- Bridge Console
- Bridge Deck
- Bridge Navigational Watch & Alarm System
- Bridge Wings
- Broken Stowage
- Bulk Cargo
- Bulk Carrier
- Bulk Container
- Bulkhead
- Bulkhead Deck
- Bulwark
- Bunk
- Bunker
- Bunker Delivery Note
- Bunkering
- Bunkering Vessel
- Buoy
- Buoy Layer
- Buoy Laying Vessel
- Buoy Tender Vessel
- Buoyant Smoke Orange
- Buoyant Smoke Signal
- Butterfly Valve
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- Cabin
- Cable
- Cable Laying Vessel
- Cable Ship
- Cabotage
- Capacity
- Capesize
- Capstan
- Captain's Log
- Captive Cargo Port
- Car Carrier Ship
- Cargo
- Cargo Battens
- Cargo Crane
- Cargo Handling
- Cargo Plan
- Cargo Preference
- Cargo Ship
- Carrier
- Catamaran
- Central Bank CO2 System
- Certificate of Registry
- CEU
- Chandler
- Charlie
- Charter
- Charterer
- Chemical Tanker
- Chief Engineer
- Chief Mate
- Chief Officer
- Chief Steward
- Chip Log
- Chock
- Classification Society
- Clerk
- CO2 Flooding System
- Coastal Service
- Coaster Vessel
- Collier
- Collision Avoidance System
- Common Log
- Compass
- Complement
- Composite Boiler
- Conference
- Consignee
- Consignment
- Consignor
- Consolidator
- Container
- Container Crane
- Container Ship
- Container Terminal
- Containerization
- Contraband
- Controllable Pitch Propeller
- Coral Triangle
- Course
- CPP
- Crane Vessel
- Crew
- Crew Change
- Crew List
- Crew Planning
- Crewing Agency
- Crewing Marketplace
- Crewing Software
- Crewing System
- Cross Track Error
- Cruise Ship
- Custom
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- Dark Fleet
- Davits
- Day of the Seafarer
- Deadweight Tonnage (DWT)
- Deck
- Deck Barge
- Deck Cadet
- Deck Crane
- Deck Department
- Deck Equipment
- Deck Machinery
- Deck Officer
- Deckhand
- Deckhouse
- Delta
- Demurrage
- Derrick
- Diesel Generator
- Diesel Generator Engine
- Disabled Ship
- Discharge Port
- Diving Support Vessel
- Dock
- Dockage
- Dolphin
- Domestic Seawater System
- Doppler Speed Log
- Draft
- Drag
- Dredge
- Dredger
- Dredging
- Drift
- Drillship
- Dry Bulk Cargo
- Dry Cargo
- Dry Cargo Ship
- Dry Dock
- DSV
- Dunnage
- Duty
- DWT
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- ECDIS
- Echo
- Echo Sounder
- ECR
- EEBD
- Electrical Cadet
- Electro-Technical Cadet
- Electro-Technical Officer
- Electromagnetic Speed Log
- Electronic Chart Display and Information System
- Electronic Nautical Chart
- Electronic Navigational Chart
- EM Log
- Emergency Air Compressor
- Emergency Escape Breathing Device
- Emergency Generator
- Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
- Emergency Switchboard
- ENC
- Engine
- Engine Cadet
- Engine Control Room
- Engine Department
- Engine Room
- Engine Room Crane
- EPIRB
- ETLP
- Evacuation System
- Even Keel
- Excavator Driver
- Exposure Suit
- Extended Tension Leg Platform
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- FAK
- Fathom
- Feeder Port
- Feeder Vessel
- Fender Pile
- Ferry
- FiFi
- Fire Control Plan
- Fire Detection System
- Fireboat
- First Dog Watch
- First Watch
- Fishing Trawler
- Fixed CO2 System
- Flag of Convenience (FOC)
- Fleeting
- Floating Crane
- Floating Production Storage & Offloading Vessel
- Forecastle
- Forenoon Watch
- Forty Foot Equivalent Unit (FEU)
- Foxtrot
- FPSO
- FPSO Vessel
- Free On Board (FOB)
- Freight
- Freight Forwarder
- Freight Rate
- Fresh Water Generator
- FWG
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- ICCP System
- Icebreaker Ship
- Immersion Suit
- IMO
- Impeller Speed Log
- Impressed Current Cathodic Protection System
- Incinerator
- India
- Inert Gas System
- Inland Waters
- INMARSAT
- Intercommunications System
- Intermodal Shipment
- International Day for Women in Maritime
- International Load Line Certificate
- International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet
- International Waterway
- Intracoastal
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- Lading
- Laid-Up
- Lake Freighter
- Lashing
- Lashing System
- Launch Service
- Launching Appliance
- Length Overall
- Less Than Container Load
- Life Jacket
- Life Preserver
- Life Raft
- Life Ring
- Life Saving Appliances
- Life Vest
- Lifeboat
- Lifeboat Drill
- Lifebuoy
- Lift On / Lift Off Vessel
- Light Displacement Tonnage
- Lighter
- Lighter Aboard Ship
- Lighterage
- Lighthouse
- Lightship
- Lima
- Line Crossing Ceremony
- Line Thrower
- Line Throwing Device
- Liner
- List
- LNG
- LNG Carrier
- LOA
- Load Line
- Loaded Leg
- Loading Computer
- Log
- Loll
- LoLo Vessel
- Longshoreman
- Lookout
- Low Visibility
- LPG
- LPG Carrier
- LSA
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- M/E Control System
- Magnetic Compass
- Maiden Voyage
- Main Air Compressor
- Main Clock
- Main Deck
- Main Engine
- Main Engine Control System
- Main Propulsion Boiler
- Main Switch Board
- Main Switchboard
- Manifest
- Manning Agency
- Marine Aids to Navigation
- Marine Diesel Generator
- Marine Evacuation System
- Marine Growth Prevention System
- Marine Navigation Light
- Marine Power Management System
- Marine Propeller Shaft
- Marine Provisions Crane
- Marine Regulation Authority
- Marine Selective Catalytic Reduction System
- Marine Sewage Plant
- Marine Signal Light
- Marine Surveyor
- Marine Surveyor
- Marine Toilet
- Marine VHF Radio
- Marine Wastewater Treatment
- Maritime
- Maritime Academy
- Maritime English
- Maritime Lecturer
- Maritime Medical Certificate
- Maritime Recruitment
- Maritime Recruitment Fair
- Maritime Recruitment Officer
- Maritime Training Center
- MARPOL
- Master
- Master Clock
- Masthead Light
- Medical Center
- Merchant Marines
- Merchant Navy
- MES
- Messman
- MGPS
- Middle Watch
- Mike
- Minimum Safe Manning
- Mining Vessel
- MKC Online Catalogue
- MMSI
- Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
- Moor
- Mooring Line
- Mooring Winch
- Morning Watch
- Morse Lamp
- Motor Ship
- Motor Vessel
- Motorman
- MSB
- Multipurpose Ship
- Muster Drill
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- OBO Ship
- OCIMF SIRE
- Officer
- Offshore Barge
- Offshore Construction Vessels
- Offshore Production Vessels
- Offshore Support Vessels
- Offshore Vessels
- Oil Exploration & Drilling Vessels
- Oil Purifier
- Oil Record Book
- Oil Tanker
- Oiler
- Oily Water Separator
- Online Maritime Directory
- Open Registry
- Ordinary Seaman
- Ore Carrier
- Ore-Oil Carrier
- Oscar
- OSV
- Outfall Buoy
- Overtonnaging
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- PA System
- Painter
- Panamax Vessel
- Papa
- Parachute Flare
- Parachute Rocket Flare
- Parcel Tanker
- PCC
- PCTC
- Personal Flotation Device
- PFD
- Phonetic Alphabet
- Pier
- Pilot
- Pilot Boat
- Pilot House
- Pilot Ladder
- Pilotage
- Pilotage Dues
- Pipelaying Vessel
- Pit Log
- Pitometer Speed Log
- Place of Refuge
- Plate Heat Exchanger
- Plate Type Cooler
- Platform Supply Vessel
- Plimsoll Line
- PLV
- PMS
- Poop Deck
- Port
- Port (Left)
- Port Management
- Port-of-Call
- Porthole
- Portside
- Post-Panamax Vessel
- Power Management System
- Products Tanker
- Project Cargo
- Promenade Deck
- Propane Carrier
- Propeller
- Propeller Hub
- Propeller Shaft
- Provisions Crane
- PSV
- Public Address System
- Pumpman
- Pure Car and Truck Carrier
- Pure Car Carrier
- Purser
- Pusher
- Pusher Boat
- Pusher Tug
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- Radar
- Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet
- Raft
- Rank
- Rating
- Red Parachute Flare
- Reef
- Reefer Box
- Reefer Container
- Reefer Management System
- Reefer Monitoring System
- Reefer Plant
- Reefer Ship
- Refrigeration Plant
- Remote Control Valve System
- Rescue Boat
- Return Cargo
- Rigging
- Roll-On / Roll-Off Ship
- Rolling Cargo
- Romeo
- RoPax Ferry
- RoRo Ship
- Rudder
- Rudder Bearings
- Running Aground
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- S&T Heat Exchanger
- Salvage
- Sanitary System
- SAR
- Satellite Communications System
- Satellite Speed Log
- SCBA
- SCR
- Sea Mark
- Sea Time
- Sea Trial
- Seafarer
- Seafarer App
- Seafarer Job
- Seafarer Resume
- Seafarer Training Provider
- Seaman's Book
- Seamark
- Search and Rescue
- Seaspeak
- Seaworthiness
- Seaworthiness Certificate
- Second Dog Watch
- Second Engineer
- Secondary Clock
- Seismic Survey Vessel
- Selective Catalytic Reduction System
- Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
- Self-Driving Ship
- Self-Geared Vessel
- Self-Trimming Ship
- Self-Unloading Vessel
- Semi Submersible Rig
- Semi Submersible Vessel
- Sewage Treatment Plant
- Sheddage
- Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
- Shifting
- Ship Log
- Ship Toilet
- Ship's Articles
- Ship's Carpenter
- Ship's Cook
- Ship's Electrician
- Ship's Plumber
- Shipbroker
- Shipfitter
- Shipping Agent
- Shipping Alliance
- Shore Leave
- Shuttle Tanker
- Side Thruster
- Sierra
- Signal Lamp
- Signal Light
- Single Point Anchor Reservoir Platform
- Sister Ship
- Slave Clock
- Slop Chest
- Smart Port
- SMCP
- SOLAS
- Sonar
- SPAR
- Speed Log
- Spreader
- Standard Marine Communication Phrases
- Starboard
- STCW
- Steamship
- Steering Gear
- Stern
- Stern Thruster
- Stern Tube
- Sternway
- Stevedore
- Steward
- Stewardess
- Stewards Department
- Stowage
- Stowaway
- Straddle Carrier
- Stranding
- Stripping
- Stuffing
- Suezmax
- Suezmax Tanker
- Superyacht
- Supramax Bulk Carrier
- Supramax Vessel
- Survival Craft
- Survival Suit
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- Tack
- Tango
- Tank Barge
- Tank Cleaning
- Tanker
- Technical Manager
- Tension Leg Platform
- Terminal
- Terminal Operator
- TEU
- Thermal Protective Aid
- Through Port
- TLP
- Tonnage
- Toplift
- Topping Up Air Compressor
- Towage
- Towboat
- Tramp
- Transhipment
- Transit Port
- Transit Shed
- Transtainer
- Travel Agency
- Tugboat
- Tween Deck
- Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU)
- Two-Way Radio Telephone
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- Wake
- Waste Heat Boiler
- Waste Heat Recovery System
- Waste Operator
- Watch
- Water Based Local Fire Fighting System
- Water Boat
- Water Ingress Detection System
- Waybill
- Weather Deck
- Weather Side
- Weigh Anchor
- Wharf
- Wharfage Fee
- Wheelhouse
- Whiskey
- WHRS
- Windlass
- Window Wiper
- Wiper
- Working Gear Provider
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