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  • 1Anchor handling tug supply vessel — Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels can supply oil rigs, tow them to location, anchor them up and, in a few cases, serve as an Emergency Rescue and Recovery Vessel (ERRV).AHTS differ in the most part from Platform Supply Vessels (PSV s) as… …

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  • 2anchor — anchorable, adj. anchorless, adj. anchorlike, adj. /ang keuhr/, n. 1. any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object,… …

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  • 3Anchor — For other uses, see Anchor (disambiguation). Ploudalmézeau, anchor of Amoco Cadiz An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or… …

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  • 4Anchor windlass — An anchor windlass within the forecastle on the main deck of the sailing ship Balclutha. The vertical shaft is rotated by a portion of the capstan above …

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  • 5Platform Supply Vessel — Offshore Versorger Ocean Carrier im Hafen von Hamriyah UAE Anchor Handling Tugs Supply in schwerer See auf der Nordsee Als Versorger (engl.: Supply Vessels) bezeichnet man in der Zivilen Sch …

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  • 6Platform supply vessel — Supply ship redirects here. For offshore naval replenishment ships (AOR), see Replenishment oiler. Platform Supply Vessel A Platform supply vessel (often abbreviated as PSV) is a ship specially designed to supply offshore oil platforms. These… …

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  • 7Sea anchor — A sea anchor, used to stabilize a boat in heavy weather, anchors not to the sea floor but to the water itself, as a kind of brake. Sea anchors are known by a number of names, such as drift anchor, drift sock, para anchor, and boat brakes. These… …

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  • 8MV Braer — The MV Braer was an oil tanker which ran aground off Shetland, Scotland, in January 1993.Reason for ship s lossIn the ship court after the loss, it was stated that reason for ship s loss was seawater contamination of the diesel oil. [ [http://www …

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  • 9Maersk — A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S Type Publicly traded aktieselskab Traded as OMX:  …

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  • 10List of shipwrecks — Contents 1 Africa 1.1 East Africa 1.2 North Africa 1.2.1 Algeria …

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