| What distinguishes a liner ship from other types of ships? | A ship that plies on a regular schedule services between groups of ports. | 31. Launch — A large, heavy and beamy ship’s boat with flat floors and rather shallow draft, formerly used and designed for carrying stores and men. 32. Liner Ship — A ship that plies on a regular schedule services between groups of ports. The ships of a liner company are common carriers, offering cargo space or passenger accommodation te al shippers and passenger who require them. A liner company is generally engaged on trade-routes where large volume of cargo or passenger traffic is available. 33. Mooring Vegeel - A vessel which is secured by moorings. 34. Met Registered Tonnage(MRT)—It refers to the earning space capacity of a ship, available for the storage of cargo and accommodation of passengers. | 166 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202011-min%20%281%29.pdf | Liner Ship — A ship that plies on a regular schedule services between groups of ports. The ships of a liner company are common carriers, offering cargo space or passenger accommodation te al shippers and passenger who require them. | 180 | page=180,ocr=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does met registered tonnage (MRT) refer to? | the earning space capacity of a ship, available for the storage of cargo and accommodation of passengers. | 31. Launch — A large, heavy and beamy ship’s boat with flat floors and rather shallow draft, formerly used and designed for carrying stores and men. 32. Liner Ship — A ship that plies on a regular schedule services between groups of ports. The ships of a liner company are common carriers, offering cargo space or passenger accommodation te al shippers and passenger who require them. A liner company is generally engaged on trade-routes where large volume of cargo or passenger traffic is available. 33. Mooring Vegeel - A vessel which is secured by moorings. 34. Met Registered Tonnage(MRT)—It refers to the earning space capacity of a ship, available for the storage of cargo and accommodation of passengers. | 606 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202011-min%20%281%29.pdf | Met Registered Tonnage(MRT)—It refers to the earning space capacity of a ship, available for the storage of cargo and accommodation of passengers. | 180 | page=180,ocr=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the Rig of a vessel refer to? | the distinctive manner in which her masts and sails are disposed | Port Side— Left side of a ship. 40, Reefer— A vessel with refrigerating facilities. . 41, Rig —The Rig of a vessel is the distinctive manner in which her masts and sails are disposed. 42. il Off Vessel — Itis frequently called a vehicle FEERY. !t is designed for the conveyance of road vehicles and private cars. At each terminal port, a tramp or linkspan is provided enabling the vehicles to drive on or off the vessels, thereby eliminating carnage and cargo handling (and also pilferage) and permitting a quick turn round of the ship. : 43. Sailing Vessel ~ Any description of vessel provided with sufficient sail area for navigation under sails alone — whether-or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, and would include rowing boat or crane but does not include a pleasure craft. 44. | 118 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202011-min%20%281%29.pdf | 41, Rig —The Rig of a vessel is the distinctive manner in which her masts and sails are disposed. | 180 | page=180,ocr=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the abbreviation 'PTMB' stand for in the context of maritime boards? | PORT TRUSTS & MARITIME BOARDS VESSLE | wes : NOT AVAILABLE ACID : ACID CARRIERS CCON : CELLULAR CONTAINER VESSEL DRB : DRY CARGO BULK CARRIER : DRED : DREDGER DRY : DRY CARGO LINER , DWT : DEAD WEIGHT TONNAGE ECAR : ETHYLENE GAS CARRIER GRT : GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE LCAR : LPG CARRIERS MT : MILLION TONNE . OFF : OFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSEL OOBC : ORE/OIL BULK CARRIERS PASS : PASSENGER CUM CARGO ts , PGER : PASSENGER SERVICE PTMB :PORT TRUSTS & MARITIME BOARDS VESSLE . RORO : RO-RO CONTAINER VESSLES 3 SOFF : SPECIALISED VESSLES FOR OFFSHORE SV : SUPPLY VESSEL " TANC : OIL TANKER (CRUDE) | TANP : OIL TANKER (PC) . TCAR : TIMBER CARRIERS TUG : TUG | 391 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202011-min%20%281%29.pdf | OFF : OFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSEL OOBC : ORE/OIL BULK CARRIERS PASS : PASSENGER CUM CARGO ts , PGER : PASSENGER SERVICE PTMB :PORT TRUSTS & MARITIME BOARDS VESSLE . | 6 | page=6,ocr=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the load line on a ship indicate? | The outer {ine on the body of a ship upto which she submerges in water with safety. | Inland Stream Vessel —A stream vessel which ordinarily plies on inland water. 28. Lighterage — Loading into and discharging out of lighters. 4 29. Load Line —The outer {ine on the body of a ship upto which she submerges in water with safety. It varies according to the seasons and waters in which she plies. | 158 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202011-min%20%281%29.pdf | Load Line —The outer {ine on the body of a ship upto which she submerges in water with safety. It varies according to the seasons and waters in which she plies. | 179 | page=179,ocr=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the term 'bollard pull' refer to? | The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. | Bollard Pull ~The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6.. Breaking Bulk — The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship 7. Bunker —Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.). 8. Cargo Ship—A ship which is not a passenger ship. 9. Cargo Tonnage/Freight Ton —!t refers to the earnings cargo carried by a ship and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. In the British countries the long tons of 2240 pounds for 40 cubic feet and under the metric system as in India, the metric tonne of 1000 Kg. for a cubic metre. 10. Coaster— A vessel specially designed, equipped, manned and licensed to engage regularly in the coasting trade, whether plying coast-wise or making short sea passage within certain specified geographical limits. 11. | 14 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202011-min%20%281%29.pdf | Bollard Pull ~The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6.. | 178 | page=178,ocr=2 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the term 'craft' refer to in marine parlance? | every kind of vessels but more especially to small vessels when referred to collectively. | Coasting Ship = A ship exclusively employed in trading between any port or place in India and any other port or place in the continent of India or between ports or places in India and port of places in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or Myanmar. 12. Collier — Generally a coastal ship designed to carry coal. 13. Compensated Gross Tonnage (CGT) - Calculate by multiplying the tonnage of a ship by a coefficient, which is determined according to type and size of a particular ship. CGT is used as an indicator of volume of work that is necessary to build a gross ship. 14. Craft — A term in marine parlance applied to every kind of vessels but more especially to small vessels when referred to collectively. For marine insurance purposes, a craft is any barge, lighter, | 607 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202011-min%20%281%29.pdf | Craft — A term in marine parlance applied to every kind of vessels but more especially to small vessels when referred to collectively. For marine insurance purposes, a craft is any barge, lighter, | 178 | page=178,ocr=2 |
| What does the term 'draft' mean in the context of ships? | The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line. | river trades or any other boat or vessel employed in carrying, shipping or discharging the goods insured. 15. Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT) — It is the number of tons {2240 pounds} of stores, fuel and cargo that a ship can transport. This presents the actual carrying capacity of a ship. 16. Digplacament Light — The weight of a ship without stores, bunker fuel, cargo, passengers and crew. 17. Displapement Loaded — The weight of a ship plus stores, bunker fuel, cargo, passengers and a crew. 18. Draft— The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line. 19. Dumb Barge — A barge which has no means of self propulsion in the way of sails or engine power and which has to be towed or is allowed to drift under the influence of the tide or current. 20. | 501 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202011-min%20%281%29.pdf | Draft— The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line. 19. | 179 | page=179,ocr=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is a Sponson on a paddle-wheel steamer? | a ¢maill out board platform strongly bracketed to the side _ phating and supporting the paddle-wheel bearing | 46, Sponson—Ina paddle-wheel-steamer, a ¢maill out board platform strongly bracketed to the side _ phating and supporting the paddle-wheel bearing. 47. Starboard Side ~- Right side of a ship. ; 48. Steam Vessel — Every description of vessel propelled wholly or in part bythe agency of steam. 49. Survey Vessel — Mechanically propelled sea-going vessel specially built-and equipped to carry out hydrographic and other nautical surveys in coastal waters and on the high seas. Surveying vessels are in most instances Government owned. 50, Tanker - A cargo ship constructed or adopted for carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of an inflammable nature. : 51. Tramp — A cargo ship operating in all ports of the world without a.fixed route and sailing a schedule in search of primarily bulk cargo carried generally in ship-loads. 52. | 38 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202011-min%20%281%29.pdf | 46, Sponson—Ina paddle-wheel-steamer, a ¢maill out board platform strongly bracketed to the side _ phating and supporting the paddle-wheel bearing. | 181 |
| What is an inland stream vessel designed to do? | ordinarily plies on inland water. | Inland Stream Vessel —A stream vessel which ordinarily plies on inland water. 28. Lighterage — Loading into and discharging out of lighters. 4 29. Load Line —The outer {ine on the body of a ship upto which she submerges in water with safety. It varies according to the seasons and waters in which she plies. | 44 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202011-min%20%281%29.pdf | Inland Stream Vessel —A stream vessel which ordinarily plies on inland water. 28. | 179 | page=179,ocr=0 | 0.700 | valid |