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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
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Metacentre M (initial transverse metacentre)
When a ship floating at rest in still water is inclined by an external force to a small angle fi, the centre of buoyancy shifts from B to the new position – Bfi.
DOCKWISE VANGUARD
DOCKWISE VANGUARD is a semi-submersible vessel for heavy transport and offshore dry-docking built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan for the Dutch shipping company Dockwise.
Bulk carrier, bulker
A vessel designed to carry dry cargo, loaded into the vessel with no containment other than that of the ship, s boundaries, as distinguished from the liquid bulk carrier or tanker.