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Davits

Davits

Created OnFebruary 6, 2018
byCapt. Angad S Cheema
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A set of arms on a ship from which its lifeboats are suspended.

Related:

  • Dreadage or Dreading Clause
  • Arrived ship
  • Hague Rules and Hague-Visby Rules
  • DOP (Dropping Outward Pilot)
  • Both to Blame collision clause
  • ROLLING

By Capt. Angad S Cheema

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