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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
Featured terms
Car carriers
Vessels specially designed for efficient transport of cars (pure car carriers), or variety of cars, trucks, tractors and buses (pure car/truck carriers).
Mooring winches
Mooring winches secure the shipboard end of mooring lines, provide for adjustment of the mooring line length and compensate for changes in draft and tide.
Cylinder liner
A replaceable cylinder which fits into a cylinder block.