Boats & ships

Boats & ships

Of or relating to transportation vessels that can travel over water.

Industry: Transportation

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Boilers

Transportation; Boats & ships

Steam generating units used aboard ship to provide steam for propulsion and for heating and other auxiliary purposes.

Boatswain (BOSUN)

Transportation; Boats & ships

The highest unlicensed rating on the ship with charge of all deck hands and who in turn comes under the direct orders of the master or chief mate or mate.

B/l tonne (also freight ton)

Transportation; Boats & ships

The greater weight or measurement of goods where 1 tonnes is either 1,000 kg or 1 cubic metre.

Bimco

Transportation; Boats & ships

Baltic and International Maritime Council, to which many shipowners and brokers belong.

Bill of lading (B/L)

Transportation; Boats & ships

A document of title to the goods being carried on the ship, which acts as a receipt for the cargo and contains the terms of the contract of carriage.

Flat-bottomed boat for carrying cargo on protected waterways, usually without engines or crew accommodations. On inland river systems barges can be lashed together and either pushed or pulled by tugs ...

Bareboat charter

Transportation; Boats & ships

Vessel contract where charterers take over all responsibility for the operation of the vessel and expenses for a certain period of time, and appoints his own master and crew and pays all running ...