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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
Featured terms
Inert gas system
A system of preventing any explosion in the cargo tanks of a tanker by replacing the cargo, as it is pumped out, by an inert gas, sometimes by flue gas from ship boilers.
Cylinder liner
A replaceable cylinder which fits into a cylinder block.
SWATH research vessel PLANET
On February 1st, 2005 the maritime journal HANSA chose the research vessel PLANET as the “Ship of the Year 2004”. This twin-hull vessel was built by Nordseewerke in Emden.