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ad valorem


In proportion to the value
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Allision –


The term used when a vessel hits a fixed object, the vessel is always assumed to be at fault in this case
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bow


The front of a vessel
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capsize


The term used when a vessel is overturned or turned on it’s side
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centennial


The 100th anniversary (or the celebrating of it)
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collision


The term used when two vessels hit
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general average


Declared upon vessel damage, whereupon shippers pay a certain percentage of damage incurred: carrier declares percentage of responsibility by all participants.
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GROSS TONNAGE


A vessels overall internal volume
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HMS


Her Majesty’s Ship
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Knot


Unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour (approx 1.151mph)
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