GLOSSARY Flashcards
To evacuate crew and passengers from a vessel following a distress
Abandon vessel (to)
To evacuate crew and passengers from a vessel following a distress
Uncontrolled movement at sea under the influence of current, tide or wind
Abandon vessel (to)
Ladder attached to platform at vessel’s side with flat steps and handrails enabling persons to embark / disembark from water or shore
Accommodation ladder
Uncontrolled movement at sea under the influence of current, tide or wind
Adrift
The height from the waterline to the highest point of the vessel
Air Draft
Place on deck, in mess rooms, etc., assigned to crew and passengers where they have to meet according to the muster list when the corresponding alarm is released or announcement made
Assembly station
Shift of wind direction in an anticlockwise manner, for example from north to west (opposite of veering)
Backing (of wind)
To run a vessel up on a beach to prevent its sinking in deep water
Beach to
A whistle signal made by the vessel
Blast
.1 A sea room to be kept for safety around a vessel, rock, platform, etc.
.2 The place assigned to a vessel when anchored or lying alongside a pier, etc.
Berth
An area which cannot be scanned by the ship’s radar because it is shielded by parts of the superstructure, masts, etc.
Blind sector
All equipment, such as pilot ladder, accommodation ladder, hoist, etc., necessary for a safe transfer of the pilot
Boarding arrangements
The speed of a vessel adjusted to that of a pilot boat at which the pilot can safely embark/disembark
Boarding speed
A mini-caterpillar with push-blade used for the careful distribution of loose goods in cargo holds of bulk carriers
Bob-cat
Concise explanatory information to crew and/or passengers
Briefing
.1 Chain connecting a vessel to the anchor(s)
.2 Wire or rope primarily used for mooring a ship
.3 (Measurement) one hundred fathoms or one tenth of a nautical mile
Cable
To turn over
Capsize (to)
A seamark, i.e. a buoy, indicating the north, east, south or west, i.e. the cardinal points from a fixed point such as a wreck, shallow water, banks, etc.
Cardinal buoy
