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91Whaleback — The whaleback was a unique design of a cargo ship with a hull that continuously curved above the waterline from the vertical to horizontal leaving, when fully loaded, only the curved portion of the hull with its whaleback above the waterline. The …
92Custody transfer — in the oil and gas industry refers to the transactions involving transporting physical substance from one operator to another. This includes the transferring of raw and refined petroleum between tanks and tankers; tankers and ships and other… …
93USS Auriga (AK-98) — was an sclass|Auriga|cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone. SS Alcoa Partner was laid down under a Maritime Commission… …
94USS William P. Biddle (APA-8) — was a sclass|Heywood|attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Initially laid down for the British government as War Surf , the ship that ultimately became known as William P. Biddle was completed in 1919 as the single… …
95Hennepin (shipwreck) — Infobox nrhp | name = Hennepin Shipwreck nrhp type = caption = nearest city= South Haven, Michigan, USA area = built =October 1888 architect= Wolf and Davidson architecture= added = February 1 2008 governing body = State mpsub= refnum=07001489… …
96USS William Ward Burrows (AP-6) — was a transport ship that saw service with the US Navy in World War II. Santa Rita a twin screw, steel hulled, passenger and cargo motorship launched in May 1929 at Copenhagen, Denmark, by Burmeister and Wain was built for the Grace Steamship… …
97automation — /aw teuh may sheuhn/, n. 1. the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum. 2. a mechanical device, operated electronically,… …
98harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled harbor any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …
99solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… …
100demurrage — noun compensation for delay, payment for delay, penalty for delay, remittance for delay Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 demurrage a sum of da …
