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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
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Double-acting icebreaker FESCO SAKHALIN
An important new stage in the advance of the Finnish double-acting concept has been reached with the handover by Aker Finnyards to the Russian Far Eastern Shipping Co of the combined icebreaker/offshore supply/support ship FESCO SAKHALIN.
Wheelhouse
An enclosed space in which the main steering wheel, controls, engine room telegraph, etc., are located.
LNG tanker GAZ DE FRANCE ENERGY
Although steam turbine propulsion has served LNG tankers well for a couple of decades, this type of propulsion is relatively inefficient and expensive to operate.