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Boats & ships

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

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Boats & ships

Length overall

Transportation; Boats & ships

It's the distance between the two extreme ends of a ship, including all and any projections. Abbrev.: LOA.

Truck-to-truck ship

Transportation; Boats & ships

It is designed to receive cargo packed onto special platforms of wood or metal called pallets.

Moulded breadth

Transportation; Boats & ships

It's the greatest width of a ship measured horizontally, exclusive of the outer plating shell.

Ferry boat

Transportation; Boats & ships

It is built for operating in protected waters over a predetermined, usually but not always short route.

Launching

Transportation; Boats & ships

It's the operation with which the ship's completed structure is caused to descend and float.

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