| How is cargo tonnage or freight ton defined? | It refers to the earnings cargo carried by a ship and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. | Bollard Pull — The amount of puli 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 — It 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. | 275 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202014_compressed.pdf | Cargo Tonnage/Freight Ton — It 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. | 181 | page=181,ocr=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the term 'bollard pull' refer to? | The amount of puli exerted on a bollard of a ship. | Bollard Pull — The amount of puli 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 — It 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. | 15 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202014_compressed.pdf | Bollard Pull — The amount of puli exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6. | 181 | page=181,ocr=0 | 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, -160- | 607 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202014_compressed.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, -160- | 181 | page=181,ocr=0 |
| What is a barge in a legal sense? | a boat or vessel and hence it is within the letter of the laws relating to such craft. | Appendix 1. ALiner Conference — An organisation whereby a number of ship owners offer their services on a given seas route on conditions agreed by the members. A conference line ship is a vessel of ship owner belonging to such shipping conference. 2. Ballast = Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. 3. Barrage — A term applied to a flag officer’s boat in naval usage, or to an elegantly fitted boat, or craft of ceremony propelled mechanically or by oars and reserved for the use of high officials when transported in State. in a legal sense a barge is usually held to be a boat or vessel and hence it is within the letter of the laws relating to such craft. 4. Bollard — Single or double cast steel post secured to a wharf or pier and used for mooring vessels by means of lines extending from the vessel and fastened to the wharf or pier. 5. | 617 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202014_compressed.pdf | in a legal sense a barge is usually held to be a boat or vessel and hence it is within the letter of the laws relating to such craft. 4. | 181 |
| What is a bunker on a ship used for? | Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.}. | Bollard Pull — The amount of puli 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 — It 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. | 145 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202014_compressed.pdf | Bunker —Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.}. 8. | 181 | page=181,ocr=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is a small outboard platform in a paddle-wheel steamer that supports the paddle-wheel bearing called? | Sponson — In a paddle-wheel-steamer, a small out board platform strongly bracketed to the side plating and supporting the paddle-wheel bearing. | 46. Sponson — In a paddle-wheel-steamer, a small out board platform strongly bracketed to the side plating 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 by the 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, 31. Tramp — A cargo ship operating in all ports of the world without a fixed route and sailing schedule in search of primarily bulk cargo carried generally in ship-loads. 52. | 4 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202014_compressed.pdf | 46. Sponson — In a paddle-wheel-steamer, a small out board platform strongly bracketed to the side plating and supporting the paddle-wheel bearing. 47. |
| What is a vessel propelled wholly or partially by steam called? | Steam Vessel — Every description of vessel propelled wholly or in part by the agency of steam. | 46. Sponson — In a paddle-wheel-steamer, a small out board platform strongly bracketed to the side plating 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 by the 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, 31. Tramp — A cargo ship operating in all ports of the world without a fixed route and sailing schedule in search of primarily bulk cargo carried generally in ship-loads. 52. | 195 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202014_compressed.pdf | 48. Steam Vessel — Every description of vessel propelled wholly or in part by the 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. |
| What is the function of ballast on a ship? | Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. | Appendix 1. ALiner Conference — An organisation whereby a number of ship owners offer their services on a given seas route on conditions agreed by the members. A conference line ship is a vessel of ship owner belonging to such shipping conference. 2. Ballast = Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. 3. Barrage — A term applied to a flag officer’s boat in naval usage, or to an elegantly fitted boat, or craft of ceremony propelled mechanically or by oars and reserved for the use of high officials when transported in State. in a legal sense a barge is usually held to be a boat or vessel and hence it is within the letter of the laws relating to such craft. 4. Bollard — Single or double cast steel post secured to a wharf or pier and used for mooring vessels by means of lines extending from the vessel and fastened to the wharf or pier. 5. | 261 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202014_compressed.pdf | Ballast = Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. 3. | 181 | page=181,ocr=0 |
| What is the left side of a ship called? | Port Side — Left side of a ship. | It is obtained by deducting from GRT the cubic capacity space (taking 100 cu. feet = 1 ton) occupied by stores, fuel, machinery crew etc. and which does not represent the earning capacity of the ship. 35. Ore/Oil and Bulk Carriers — A bulk cargo ship designed to carry ore and oil enabling it thereby to be loaded in both directions. 36. Passenger Liner — A ship or vessel employed in carrying passengers, mail and goods at stated intervals between regular insured. 37. Passenger Ship — A ship carrying more than twelve passengers. 38. Pilgrim Ship — A ship which makes a voyage to or from the Hedjaz during the season of the pilgrimage and which carries pilgrims in a proportion of not less than one pilgrim for every one hundred tons of the gross tonnage of the ship. 39. Port Side — Left side of a ship. 40. Reefer — A vessel with refrigerating facilities. 41. | 774 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202014_compressed.pdf | 39. Port Side — Left side of a ship. 40. | 183 | page=183,ocr=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the meaning of 'breaking bulk' in shipping? | The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. | Bollard Pull — The amount of puli 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 — It 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. | 84 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202014_compressed.pdf | Breaking Bulk —The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. 7. | 181 | page=181,ocr=0 | 0.700 | valid |