Ladder attached to platform at vessel's side with flat steps and handrails

enabling persons to embark / disembark from water or shore

Floating, not controlled, without a clearly determinable direction

The height from the waterline to the highest point of the vessel

Place on deck, in mess rooms, etc., assigned to crew and passengers

where they have to meet according to the muster list when the

corresponding alarm is released or announcement made

Shift of wind direction in an anticlockwise manner, in time (opposite of

veering)

To run a vessel up on a beach to prevent its sinking in deep water

1: A sea room to be kept for safety around a vessel, rock, platform, etc..

2: The place assigned to a vessel when anchored or lying alongside a pier, etc.

A sound signal made with the whistle of the vessel

Areas which cannot be scanned by the radar of the vessel because they are

shielded by parts of its superstructure, masts, etc, or shore obstructions

All equipment, such as pilot ladder, accommodation ladder, hoist, etc.,

necessary for a safe transfer of the pilot

The speed of a vessel adjusted to that of a pilot boat at which the pilot can

safely embark / disembark

A mini-caterpillar with push-blade used for the careful distribution of

loose goods in cargo holds of bulk carriers

Concise explanatory information to crew and/or passengers

1: Chain, wire or rope connecting a vessel to her anchor(s)

2: (measurement),185.2 metres, i.e. one tenth of a nautical mile

Turning of a vessel upside down while on water

A seamark, i.e. a buoy, indicating the North, East, South or West, i.e. the

cardinal points from a fixed point. such as a wreck, shallow water, banks,

etc.

The four main points of the compass, i.e. North, East, South and West; for

the purpose of the SMCP the intercardinal points, i.e. Northeast,

Southeast, etc., are also included

here: Case of death in an accident or shipping disaster

1: To make sure that equipment etc. is in proper condition or that

everything is correct and safe

2: To regulate motion of a cable, rope or wire when it is running out too

fast