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PA system

PA system

Created OnFebruary 13, 2018
byCapt. Angad S Cheema
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Public address system: loudspeakers in the vessel’s cabins, mess rooms, etc., and on deck through which important information can be broadcast from a central point, mostly from the navigation bridge.

Related:

  • Arrived ship
  • Dreadage or Dreading Clause
  • SCUTTLES
  • DOP (Dropping Outward Pilot)
  • Address commission (Adcom)
  • Assembly station

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