Boats & ships

Boats & ships

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

Industry: Transportation

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Non-vessel-operating common carrier(NVO )

Transportation; Boats & ships

A ships' agent, who conducts business for the ship but does not operate the vessel.

Net registered tons(NRT)

Transportation; Boats & ships

This tonnage is frequently shown on ship registration papers; it represents the volumetric area available for cargo at 100 cubic feet = 1 ton. It often is used by port and canal authorities as a ...

Non-liner service

Transportation; Boats & ships

A shipping service that does not operate to a fixed itinerary or regular schedule. Someone once compared a non-liner service to a taxi service, going here, going there, anywhere to pick up a ...

Deck house

Transportation; Boats & ships

Small superstructure on the top deck of a vessel, which contains the helm and other navigational instruments.

Hydrofoil

Transportation; Boats & ships

A craft that under acceleration rises above water but remains in contact with the surface through supporting legs.

A tanker is a bulk carrier designed to transport liquid cargo, most often petroleum products. Oil tankers vary in size from small coastal vessels of 1,000 tonnes deadweight, through medium-sized ship ...