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overflow

Escape of oil or liquid from a tank because of a twofold condition as a result of overflowing, thermal expansion, change in vessel trim or vessel movement

Polluter

a vessel emitting harmful substances into the air or spilling oil into the sea

Preventers

Ropes or wires attached to derricks to prevent them from swinging during cargo handling operations

Proceed (to)

To sail or head for a certain position or to continue with the voyage

PA-system

Public address system: loudspeakers in the vessel’s cabins, mess rooms, etc., and on deck through which important information can be broadcast from a central point, mostly from the navigation bridge

Recover (to)

Here: to pick up shipwrecked persons

Refloat (to)

To pull a vessel off after grounding; to set afloat again

Rendez-vous

An appointment between vessels normally made on radio to meet in a certain area or position

Reported

in navigational warnings: position of object unconfirmed

Restricted area

A deck, space, area, etc., in vessels where, for safety reasons, entry is only permitted for authorized crew members

Resume (to)

Here: to re-start a voyage, service or search

Retreat signal

Sound, visual or other signal to a team ordering it to return to its base

Rig move

The movement of an oil rig, drilling platform, etc., from one position to another

Roll call

The act of checking how many passengers and crew members are present, e.g. at assembly stations, by reading aloud a list of their names

Safe speed

That speed of a vessel allowing time for effective action to be taken under prevailing circumstances and conditions to avoid a collision and to be stopped within an appropriate distance

SWL

Safe working load: maximum working load of lifting equipment that should not be exceeded

Safe working pressure

The maximum permissible pressure in cargo hoses

SAR

Search and rescue

SART

Search and rescue transponder

Scene

The area or location where the event, e.g. an accident, has happened

Search pattern

A pattern according to which vessels and/or aircraft may conduct a co ordinated search (the IMOSAR offers seven search patterns)

Search speed

The speed of searching vessels directed by the OSC

Seamark

A navigational aid placed to act as a beacon or warning

Segregation (of goods)

Separation of goods which for different reasons must not be stowed together

Shackle

1. Lenght of chain cable measuring 15 fathoms

Shifting cargo

Transverse movement of cargo, especially bulk cargo, caused by rolling or a heavy list

Slings

Ropes, nets, and any other means of handling general cargoes

Speed of advance

The speed at which a storm centre moves

Spill

The accidental escape of oil, etc., from a vessel, container, etc., into the sea

Spill control gear

Anti-pollution equipment for combating accidental spills of oils or chemicals

(Elongated) spreader

Here: step of a pilot ladder which prevents the ladder from twisting

Stand by (to)

To be in readiness or preapred to execute an order, to be readily available

Stand clear (to)

Here: to keep a boat away from the vessel

standing orders

Orders of the the Master to the officer of the watch which he/she must comply with

stand on (to)

To maintain course and speed

Station

The allotted place or the duties of each person on board

Stripping

Final pumping of tank’s residues

Survivor

A person who continues to live in spite of being in an extremely dangerous situation, e.g. a shipping disaster

Take off (to)

To lift off from a vessel’s deck (helicopter)

Target

The echo generated, e.g. by a vessel, on a radar screen

Tension winch

A winch which applies tension to mooring lines to keep them tight

TEU

Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (standard container dimension)

Track

The path followed, or to be followed, between one position and another

Transit

Here: the passage of a vessel through a canal, fairway, etc.

Transit speed

Speed of a vessel required for passage through a canal, fairway, etc.

Transhipment (of cargo)

Here: the transfer of goods from one vessel to another outside harbours

Underway

Describes a vessel which is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground

Union purchase

A method of cargo handling by combining two derricks, one of which is fixed over the hatch, the other over the ship’s side

Unlit

When the light of a buoy or a lighthouse are inoperative

Hours UTC

Universal Time Co-ordinated (GMT)

Variable (of winds)

Clockwise change in the direction of the wind; opposite of backing

Veer out (to) (of anchors)

To let out a greater lenght of cable

VHF

Very High Frequency (30-300MHz)

Walk out (to) (of anchors)

To reverse the action of a windlass to lower the anchor until it is clear of the hawse pipe and ready for dropping

Walk back (to)

To reverse the action of a windlass to ease the cable (of anchors)

Waypoint

A position a vessel has to pass or at which she has to alter course according to her voyage plan

Windward

The general direction from which the wind blows; opposite of leeward

Wreck

A vessel which has been destroyed, sunk or abandoned at sea

Fairway

Navigable part of a waterway

Fairway speed

Mandatory speed in a fairway

ITZ

Inshore Traffic Zone (of a TSS): A routing measure comprising a designated area between the landward boundary of a TSS and the adjacent coast

Manoeuvring speed

A vessel’s reduced speed in circumstances where it may be required to use the engines at short notice

Receiving point

A mark or place at which a vessel comes under obligatory entry, transit, or escort procedure

Reference line

A line displayed on the radar screens in VTS Centres and/or electronic sea-charts separating the fairway for inbound and outbound vessels so that they can safely pass each other

Reporting point

A mark or position at which a vessel is required to report to the local VTS Station to establish its position

Separation zone/line

A zone or line separating the traffic lanes in which vessels are proceeding in opposite or nearly opposite directions; or separating a traffic lane from the adjacent sea area; or separating traffic lanes designated for particular classes of vessels

Traffic clearance

VTS authorization for a vessel to proceed under conditions specified

Traffic lane

An area within defined limits in which one-way traffic is established

TSS

Traffic Separation Scheme: a routeing measure aimed at the separation of opposing streams of traffic by appropriate means and by the establishment of traffic lanes

VTS

Vessel Traffic Services: services designed to improve the safety and efficiency of vessel traffic and to protect the environment

VTS area

Area controlled by a VTS Centre or VTS Station