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stcw


International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 as amended.
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general cargo


A non-bulk oil cargo composed of miscellaneous goods.
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international tonnage certificate


A certificate issued to a ship owner by a government department in the case of a ship who’s gross and net tonnages have been determined in accordance with the International Convention of Tonnage Measurement of Ships. The certificate states the gross and net tonnages together with details of the spaces attributed to each.
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ABOUT KOTCHistoryKOTC was founded in April 1957, by a group of Kuwaiti pioneer investors. Read more...Our Vision & Mission
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organisation structure


Gas Filling Plant
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marine agency branch


Building New Vessels
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AMIDSHIPS
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astern


A backward direction in the line of a vessel's fore and aft line; behind. If a vessel moves backwards it is said to move astern; opposite to ahead.
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BACKHAUL
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ballast


Heavy substances loaded by a vessel to improve stability, trimming, sea-keeping and to increase the immersion at the propeller. Sea water ballast is commonly' loaded in most vessels in ballast tanks, positioned in compartments right at the bottom and in some cases on the sides, called wing tanks. On a tanker, ballast is seawater that is taken [..]
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