what is hogging on a ship
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Hogging and sagging Hogging is the stress a ship's hull or keel experiences that causes the center or the keel to bend upward. Sagging is the stress a ship's hull or keel is placed under when a wave is the same length as the ship and the ship is in the trough of two waves.
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Pigging Pigging systems are designed so that the pig is loaded into the launcher, which is pressured up to launch the pig into the pipeline through a kicker line. In some cases, the pig is removed from the pipeline via the receiver at the end of each run.igging systems are designed so that the pig is loaded into the launcher, which is pressured up to launch the pig into the pipeline through a kicker line. In some cases, the pig is removed from the pipeline via the receiver at the end of each run.
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A Survival Guide to the Rainy Season in China Travel Tips for Surviving Rainy Season. 1  Combined with slow air traffic is even slower car traffic. Try not to schedule domestic flights at peak times like Friday evenings or Monday mornings when the combination of heavy traffic + heavy rain creates at best, delays, at worst, cancellations.
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- 1 Spending too much time into the cabin of a ship and having tired of your mates in the process. by Brigida Report definition. 2  When one spends too much time in a particular institution and hinds themselves sexually attracted to a person who they otherwise would not be inclined to sleep with.
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Cruise Ship Size Comparison, Dimensions Weight of a cruise ship (tonnage) and draft. The size (tonnage weight) of a cruise ship is measured in gross tonnage (GT). It relates to the vessel's internal volume (keel to funnel*, and to the outside of the hull) and applying a math formula. The cruise ship tonnage is generally used for determining registration fees, port fees, safety rules, regulations.
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- Overloading Ships. Overloading ships with cargo has been another cause of sinking. In 1887, the iron-hulled twin screw steamship Tarpon left Mobile, Ala., loaded with a maximum load of freight, including more than 200 tons of general cargo, 200 barrels of oil and 15 tons of fresh water.ne of the most common causes of shipwrecks is bad weather, including squalls and hurricanes, and fog, rain and snow that cause reduced visibility. Numerous supply ships have been sunk throughout the centuries, and the wrecks have provided rich pickings for treasure hunters.
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Grog's Boating Knots In many knots there is Standing End-which takes the strain, and a Tail-the loose end in your hand. Bitts and Bitter End. Bitts and Bitter End. On large ships a shore line is initially tightened with a winch.The tail is then properly called a Bitter End as it is transferred to the Bitts.To do this, a second rope is tied to the shore line with a Rat-Tailed Stopper or a Rolling Hitch to take the strain temporarily.itts and Bitter End. On large ships a shore line is initially tightened with a winch. The tail is then properly called a Bitter End as it is transferred to the Bitts. To do this, a second rope is tied to the shore line with a Rat-Tailed Stopper or a Rolling Hitch to take the strain temporarily.
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barratry noun, Law. 1. fraud by a master or crew at the expense of the owners of the ship or its cargo. 2. the offense of frequently exciting and stirring up lawsuits and quarrels. 3. the purchase or sale of ecclesiastical preferments or of offices of state.
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- Hornswaggler-A person who cheats. Hulk-The old, dismantled body of a ship, sometimes used as prisons.Hull-The body of a ship, not including the masts and rigging. I Irons-Leg irons attached to the deck of a ship (also called ‘bilboes’).
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- Anti-fouling paint or bottom paint is a specialized coating applied to the hull of a ship or boat to slow the growth of subaquatic organisms that attach to the hull and can affect a vessel's performance and durability.hin sheets of copper or Muntz metal were nailed onto the hull in an attempt to prevent marine growth. One famous example of the traditional use of metal sheathing is the clipper Cutty Sark, which is preserved as a museum ship in dry-dock at Greenwich in England.
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sag Nautical. ( 1 of a hull) to droop at the center or have excessive sheer because of structural weakness. Compare hog (def 14). 2  to be driven to leeward; to make too much leeway.
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Pirate Speak - Ship Parts (1) The section of the upper deck of a ship located at the bow forward of the foremast. (2) A superstructure at the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed. Despite caste being the name, they were anything but luxurious. fore (also forward). At, to, or toward the front end or bow of the ship.
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Hawser Supply ratings handling a coil of 16 inch towing hawser (rope) at the Royal Navy's Naval Stores Department, Nore, Harwich, which supplies all sea-going ships with the stores and provisions that they need. Note that the coil is bigger than the men and they need a trolley to transport it. The hawser is coiled on deck. Hawser is a nautical term for a thick cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship. A hawser passes through a hawsehole, also known as a cat hole, located on the hawse. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 830 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)
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Automatic identification system These vessels include: All passenger ships regardless of size. Cargo ships of 300 gross tons and upward. GMDSS is a system based on the linking of Search and Rescue (SAR) authorities ashore with shipping in the immediate vicinity of a vessel in distress or in need of assistance.The primary purpose of GMDSS is to automate and improve emergency communications for the world's shipping industry.hese vessels include: All passenger ships regardless of size. Cargo ships of 300 gross tons and upward. GMDSS is a system based on the linking of Search and Rescue (SAR) authorities ashore with shipping in the immediate vicinity of a vessel in distress or in need of assistance.
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- Ship, captain, and crew. Ship, Captain, and Crew (also referred to as Ship of Fools, Gary's Dice Game, Clickety Clack, 6-5-4 or Destroyer) is a drinking game played with five dice. The game can be played with as few as two people, but is usually played in a group of five or more.
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- The next group of rigging to add is the shrouds and backstays, which run from the. channels along the sides of the ship, up to the mastheads. As before, hold a piece of rigging. material up to the model in the place it belongs, and cut it with the scissors.o this end, not every piece of rigging on the original ship need be reproduced on our wargame miniature, but there should be enough attention to detail to render the ship recognizable on the table, and impart some of the grace and nobility of the original.
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Chartering (shipping) A charterer may also be a party without a cargo who takes a vessel on charter for a specified period from the owner and then trades the ship to carry cargoes at a profit above the hire rate, or even makes a profit in a rising market by re-letting the ship out to other charterers. In commercial demise chartering, a subtype of bareboat chartering, the charter period may last for many years and may end with the charterer acquiring title (ownership) of the ship. 2  In this case, a demise charter is a form of hire-purchase from the owners, who may well have been the shipbuilders.
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Head (watercraft) On the starboard side, there are still minor remnants of the original seat. The head (or heads) is a ship's toilet. The name derives from sailing ships in which the toilet area for the regular sailors was placed at the head or bow of the ship. In sailing ships, the toilet was placed in the bow somewhat above the water line with vents or slots cut near the floor level allowing normal wave action to wash out the facility.
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The Difference Between Docking & Tendering on a Cruise Tendering usually involves a shorter stop time because ships -- even large cruise ships -- can shift positions over time, even with a dropped anchor. If your itinerary indicates that your ship will tender at a particular port, that port is likely smaller in size, or the waters surrounding it cannot support large ships.
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Factory ship Factory ship. For the novel by Takiji Kobayashi sometimes translated as The Factory Ship, see Kanikōsen. The German factory ship Kiel NC 105. A factory ship, also known as a fish processing vessel, is a large ocean-going vessel with extensive on-board facilities for processing and freezing caught fish or whales. Modern factory ships are automated and enlarged versions of the earlier whalers and their use for fishing has grown dramatically.
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Getting to Grips with... Ice Pigging What is ice pigging? Ice pigging is a pipe cleaning process for pressurized water and wastewater rising mains that uses a slurry comprising of solid ice crystals in a liquid matrix. This is injected into the pipe to be cleaned via existing fittings such as tappings, branches or access points to form a semi-solid ‘pig’, which is then pushed along the pipe using the normal pressure in the system.
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barratry Legal Definition of barratry. barratries. 1 : an unlawful act or fraudulent breach of duty by a ship's master or crew that injures the interests of the ship's or cargo's owners —often used in marine insurance policies Editor's note: Examples of barratry include embezzling cargo, stealing a ship's equipment, or willfully sinking a ship.
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Nautical & Sailing Terms & Nomenclature Jury rigging refers to makeshift repairs or temporary contrivances, made with only the tools and materials that happen to be on hand, originally a nautical term. On sailing ships, a jury rig is a replacement mast and yards (which hold the ship's rigging) improvised in case of damage or loss of the original mast.ury rigging refers to makeshift repairs or temporary contrivances, made with only the tools and materials that happen to be on hand, originally a nautical term. On sailing ships, a jury rig is a replacement mast and yards (which hold the ship's rigging) improvised in case of damage or loss of the original mast.
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Chartering (shipping) 1 The payment for the use of the vessel is known as freight. 2  A voyage charter specifies a period, known as laytime, for loading and unloading the cargo. 3  If laytime is exceeded, the charterer must pay demurrage. 4  If laytime is saved, the charter party may require the shipowner to pay despatch to the charterer. In commercial demise chartering, a subtype of bareboat chartering, the charter period may last for many years and may end with the charterer acquiring title (ownership) of the ship. 2  In this case, a demise charter is a form of hire-purchase from the owners, who may well have been the shipbuilders.
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Rum-running A liquor raid in 1925, in Elk Lake, Ontario. Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting (smuggling) alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. Smuggling is usually done to circumvent taxation or prohibition laws within a particular jurisdiction.
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- The term shipbuilding means the construction of a vessel, including the installation of machinery and equipment. The term shipbreaking means any breaking down of a vessel's structure for the purpose of scrapping the vessel, including the removal of gear. equipment or any component part of a vessel.