Concept cluster: Recreation > Maritime shipping
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A-gang
n
(US Navy, slang) Auxiliary division onboard a ship or submarine. Responsible for sanitary, heating/AC, emergency diesels, hydraulics, high pressure air, low pressure air, oxygen generating equipment, potable water, hatch maintenance, and assorted systems.
affreighter
n
One who hires or charters a ship to transport goods.
Aframax
adj
Describes a size of freight ship, maximum Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA). Generally being too large to pass through the Panama Canal.
auxiliary oiler
n
(US, Navy) A naval oil tanker with the ability to perform underway replenishment of fuel oil or ship oil to ships of the fleet.
bargeload
n
Entire load of a barge.
battleship
n
(military, nautical, archaic) A ship of the line.
bulker
n
(nautical) A bulk dry goods cargo ship.
bunker
v
(sports)
cargo liner
n
(nautical) A cargo ship in liner service which carries a small number of passengers, typically limited to 12 to avoid the requirement for the ship to carry a doctor.
cargo pallet
n
(nautical) A flat wooden tray used for hoisting cargo into and out of a ship's hold.
cargo ship
n
A ship that carries cargo.
cargoman
n
A cargo ship
cargoship
n
Alternative form of cargo ship [A ship that carries cargo.]
carriership
n
The role or occupation of a carrier.
CG
n
(US, military, nautical) guided missile cruiser
class
n
(countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
conbulker
n
A cargo ship capable of handling both containerized cargo and bulk cargo.
container ship
n
(nautical) A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers.
convoy
n
(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
cruise
n
A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group. See Cruising (driving).
drogue
v
To transport small loads along the coastline to larger ports, where they can be added to the cargo of larger ships that make longer journeys.
fleetname
n
The name of a fleet of buses, coaches or lorries
freighter
n
One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
handymax
adj
Of a freight ship: which has a small cargo capacity (40,000 - 50,000 DWT). Member of the handysize class.
haulabout
n
(historical) A barge-like vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.
Kriegsmarine
n
(historical, military, nautical, World War II) The navy of Nazi Germany.
land battleship
n
(archaic, military, 19th century to pre-WWI) An armoured combat vehicle; a tank.
land cruiser
n
(archaic, military) A superheavy tank, supertank
light porter
n
(obsolete, chiefly Victorian) A worker whose duties involve carrying light (i.e., not heavy) packages, as in a bank.
liner
n
A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
loadmaster
n
(military) The member of an aircrew responsible for the loading and internal stowage of heavy cargo (so as to minimise the disruption of the aircraft's trim).
loadsman
n
(obsolete) A pilot.
lumper
n
An extra laborer hired to assist in the loading or unloading of a truck or a ship.
megacarrier
n
A large aircraft carrier or other ship.
merchant
n
(obsolete) A supercargo.
merchant fleet
n
a fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis.
O/O
adj
(nautical) ore/oil ; designating that a ship can carry both ore and oil
OBO
n
(nautical) Initialism of ore-bulk-oil: designating a ship designed to be capable of carrying wet or dry cargoes.
oceanliner
n
Alternative spelling of ocean liner [(nautical) a narrow-beam passenger ship designed for high speed trans-oceanic travel]
packet
n
(nautical) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
Panamax
adj
Of a freight ship: conforming to the regulations concerning maximum permitted beam, length, and draft, allowing it to transit the locks on the Panama Canal.
passenger
n
(obsolete) A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.
passenger ship
n
A ship whose primary function is to carry passengers.
pilot
n
A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
Q-max
adj
Of a freight ship: conforming to the regulations concerning maximum permitted beam, length, and draft allowed to dock at liquefied natural gas terminals at Qatar.
sea can
n
A kind of shipping container.
sea pass
n
A document formerly carried by neutral merchant vessels in wartime to show their nationality.
seaplane carrier
n
A type of warship, a form of seaplane tender and an early variety of aircraft carrier, which carries seaplanes onboard, and can launch and retrieve them, as well as tend to them.
seatainer
n
(Australia) A large container for shipping freight by sea.
seedship
n
(science fiction) A spaceship designed to convey colonists to another planet etc.
shiploader
n
a large machine used for loading and unloading large materials onto ships
shipper
n
The person or organization that ships (sends) something.
shipping agent
n
A person or company responsible for shipment and cargo at a harbour
shipping company
n
A company whose main line of business is ownership and operation of ships.
standage
n
(rail transport, dated) A demurrage charge for wagons not unloaded by the consignee within a reasonable time.
straddle carrier
n
A vehicle used in ports and yards for stacking and moving freight containers.
Suezmax
adj
Of a freight ship: conforming to the regulations concerning maximum permitted width, length, and draft allowed to pass through the Suez Canal.
supercargo
n
An officer on board a merchant ship who has charge of the cargo and its turnover (or the senior of two if one has two, the other being the subcargo; usually historical, since nowadays a person with such a job would remain on shore).
supercargoship
n
The role or status of supercargo.
supercruiser
n
A vehicle capable of supercruising.
superliner
n
An ocean liner or cruise liner of over 10,000 gross tons.
supramax
adj
Of a freight ship: which has a small cargo capacity (50,000 - 60,000 DWT). Larger than handymax. Member of the handysize class.
tackle porter
n
Alternative form of tackle-porter [A porter employed by a tacklehouse who loads and unloads ships.]
tanker
n
(nautical) A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
tonner
n
(in combination) A vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons.
towage
n
The act of towing.
towing
n
The act by which something is towed.
transport ship
n
(nautical) A ship that is used to transport military personnel; a troopship.
transporter
n
A type of crane for loading or unloading a ship.
troopship
n
A ship used to transport military troops.
truckonaut
n
One of the Cubans who adapted a truck to act as a boat and used it to sail to the USA.
trunker
n
A driver who transports goods between depots.
ULCC
n
(nautical) Abbreviation of ultra large crude carrier. (the largest category of crude carrier or oil tanker) [(nautical) a type of supertanker, the largest class of crude carrier or oil tanker, having a capacity of 320,000–550,000 DWT]
very large crude carrier
n
(nautical) a type of supertanker, the second largest class of crude carrier or oil tanker, having a capacity of 160,000–320,000 DWT
water carrier
n
A transportation ship that is water-based.
weigher
n
A person employed at a dock to weigh incoming goods.
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