PARTS OF THE SHIP

ANCHOR

• A heavy metal piece attached

to chain cables and is stored
or secured in the hose pipe
during the voyage/ship
operation. It can be either
permanent or temporary with
an additional sub class of se
anchors.
 BOW
• Is the front most part of a ship which cuts the water along its sides as the ship
proceeds.
• The key two requirement for a bow to have; minimum drag possible or so-called
resistance between the water and the ships hull and must be tall enough to avoid
water splashing to easily on top of it.
• Ty p e s o f B o w
• Bulbous Bow- the one that you will see in most ships including that used for
commercial shipping.
• Inverted Bow- have its part of hull and bow; upside down much like that of a
submarine with extended waterline.
• Axe Bow-have a vertically stem line hull structure; along with a deep Axe like
structure in the foremost part of the ship.
 BOW THRUSTER

• A propeller like device fitted

o n b o t h s i d e o f s h i p s b o w. I t
is used to increase the
maneuverability of a ship in
congested waters under very
slow speed like that in canals
or near ports.
 ACCOMMODATION

• It a place on ship where the

c r e w r e s i d e s o r l i v e . To g e t h e r
with offices, crew cabins, gym,
prayer room (few ships), salon,
r e c r e a t i o n r o o m , l a u n d r y,
hospital and galley it is the
heart of a ship next to engine
room and bridge.
 DECK
• Is a floor or covering to the ships hull structure. A ship can have
different decks at different section or parts of ship; namely upper and
l o w e r d e c k o r d e c k 1 , d e c k 2 a n d d e c k 3 i n a s e q u e n t i a l d o w n w a r d w a y.
What means is that; the topmost deck exposed to weather is called main
deck or weather deck.
• B a s e d o n t h e p o s i t i o n a n d l e v e l a s h i p ’s d e c k c a n b e d i v i d e d i n t o s i x m a i n
types: main deck, poop deck, upper deck, lower deck, weather deck and
foredeck.
• For most ships is also the top most deck and so also called the upper
d e c k ; b u t i n t h e w a r s h i p s i t ’s a s e p a r a t e d e c k b e l o w t h e u p p e r d e c k . T h e
deck below the upper deck is called lower deck while any parts of the
ship which is exposed to open weather is called whether deck.
• The deck situated in the aft side of a ship is called poop deck; while the
part of the deck situated in between accommodation and forecastle is
called fore deck.
 SHIPS HULL
• Is that part of the ship that extends below the waterline to cover and
p r o t e c t w a t e r f r o m g e t t i n g i n . Yo u c a n c o n s i d e r i t a s t h e s h e l l w h i c h
protects the inside treasure from outside environment.
• Everything that is stored and situated within the main ship structure is
covered and protected by ships hull. It includes the key parts of the ship
s u c h a s b o w, d e c k , t h e b o t t o m k e e l a n d t h e b o t h s i d e s o f t h e s h i p s .
• S h i p s h u l l a r e d e s i g n e d a s s u c h t o o ff e r m i n i m u m r e s i s t a n c e t o w a t e r, i s
feasible and economical to construct without losing on much needed cargo
space. One can easily calculate and improve the overall efficiency of a ship
c a l c u l a t i n g a n d r e d u c i n g h u l l ’s r e s i s t a n c e t o s h i p s m o t i o n s .
• It is made of steel, the key role of ships hull is to maintain its water tight
integrity and reduce water drag.
• Ships hull are thus coated with special paints, cleaned and repainted with
special coating during dry dock operation.
 KEEL
• Is a part of ships hull that is responsible for providing strength to the
ships structure; spreading stress and load equally along its
longitudinal sides.
• Due to its property to hold the and support ship structure it is often
termed as the backbone of the ship. In simple terms it provide stability
to a ship and increase its effective speed. The introduction of keel in
shipping reduce much of work regarding stabilizing ship structure.
• I t w a s f i r s t k n o w n t o b e u s e d b y Vi k i n g s t o r e d u c e l a t e r a l m o v e m e n t o f
their boats at the time. A keel is nothing but a thick plate that runs
longitudinal across the ship from stern to stern; passing through the
centerline of ships bottom structure.
• There are three main types of keel used in marine industry;
flat keel, duct keel and bar keel.
• Flat keel is used in all major ships in operation;
• Bar keel are used when the ship has to work in shallow water;
and
• Duct keel are preferred for offshore vessels and double hull
tankers.
 FREE BOARD
• A freeboard stands for the part of ships hull located above the
waterline. It is the distance between the upper deck and of
ship and the point of waterline. The freeboard of a ship is not
fixed but rather depends on the amount of cargo it carries.
• It is required at all times to maintain a minimum freeboard at
all times to avoid ship from sinking. Thus to ensure safety of
ships at sea; load line marking is used to ensure maximum
possible draft for safe voyage.
 ENGINE ROOM
• An engine room is the power house of the ship located in the lowest most
deck on aft of the ship. It contains important machinery such as main
e n g i n e , a u x i l i a r y e n g i n e ( a l t e r n a t o r ) , s h a f t i n g , b o i l e r, f r e s h w a t e r
g e n e r a t o r, a i r c o m p r e s s o r, c a l o r i f i e r, p u r i f i e r, i n c i n e r a t o r, p u m p s , h e a t
exchangers, workshop machineries etc.
• If you ask a mariner about engine room the first thing he might tell; its
hot, noisy and full of vibration. The average temperature of engine room
is always above 45 degree centigrade.
• All the machinery in engine room is well segregated across different
places on three different decks named utility deck, weather deck and
m a c h i n e r y d e c k . Wi t h a l l t h e p r o p u l s i o n a n d a u x i l i a r y m a c h i n e r y i n s t a l l e d
in place it is also called as the heart of the ship.
• All the machinery in engine can be controlled from a control room called
engine control room or ECR in short. It is the only place in engine room
where you will get relief from hot temperature and much of the noise.
• The key role of engine room is to hold all the key machinery and
auxiliaries required for different operations on board ship.
• On deck one it usually has control panels for diesel generators and
pump, workshop, store room, settling tanks, service tanks, fresh water
e x p a n s i o n t a n k s , i n e r t g a s p l a t f o r m , d e c k a i r c o m p r e s s o r, a i r b o t t l e s
etc.
• On deck two it contains; fuel oil heaters, purifiers, boilers, main air
c o m p r e s s o r, d i e s e l g e n e r a t o r s , f r e s h w a t e r g e n e r a t o r e t c . W h i l e t h e
deck 3 mainly consist of main engine, different supporting coolers,
oily water separators etc.
 FUNNEL
• A f u n n e l i s w h a t f r o m w h i c h t h e e x h a u s t g a s e s a r e r e l e a s e d i n t o a t m o s p h e r e . Yo u c a n
consider it as the chimney of the ship. Since the introduction of mechanized ship; it
has been an integral part of the ships structure.

• The cross section or width of these funnel largely depends on the amount of exhaust
engine room produce. In early days of shipping it was used to release everything that
the ship emits; but nowadays it is used within the limits of controlled emission with
shoot collection in place to reduce pollution.

• All the shoot that is collected in the shoot collection tank is then later discharged to
the port authorities. If not possible they are discharged overboard via an eductor
recording the time and amount in garbage record book.

• If you look up-close carefully; will find that these funnels are in fact not that
straight but inclined to an angle. This is done deliberately to assist the flow of flue
gas away from the navigation bridge and ships deck.
NAVIGATION BRIDGE
DECK CRANE
FORECASTLE
PROPELLER
RUDDER
MAST
STERN
LIFEBOAT
STEM