Bulk Carrier - Ship specifically designed to transport vast amounts of cargoes such as sugar, grain, wine, ore, chemicals, liquefied natural gas; coal and oil. See also LNG Carrier, Tanker, OBO Ship.
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Bulkhead - Partition walls used to separate interior areas of the ship; A name given to any vertical partition which separates different compartments or spaces from one another. A steel partition in a ship.
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Bulwark - The ship's side above the weather deck; A guard that protects the ship from big waves.
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Bunker - A compartment used for the stowage of coal or other fuel.
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Bunkers - Fuel consumed by the engines of a ship; compartments or tanks in a ship for fuel storage.
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Buoy - A floating object employed as an aid to mariners to mark the navigable limits of channels, their fairways, sunken dangers, isolated rocks, telegraph cables, and the like; floating devices fixed in place at sea, lake or river as reference points for navigation or for other purposes.
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Buoyancy - Ability to float; lifting power when immersed.
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Butt - The joint formed when two parts are placed edge to edge.
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Butterworth Hatch - An opening on the deck of a vessel opened when cleaning or ventilating the tanks. May be round or square, secured by dogs.
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Butterworth (TM) Gun - Butterworth is the name of a company that manufactures automatic tank wash machines. The machines can be hose mounted or permanent. The water flowing through the machine causes the wash nozzles to turn.
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