ULCC
Ultra
Large Crude Carriers. Tankers larger than 300,000 dwt.
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development
UNMANNED
MACHINERY SPACES
A
space where alarm bells are installed on the bridge of a ship to trace or
rectify any machinery faults. The computerized devices will report any
fault immediately it appears and the engineers on board can attend to the
necessary ramifications.
UNSEAWORTHINESS
The state or condition of a vessel
when it is not in a proper state of maintenance, or if the loading
equipment or crew, or in any other respect is not ready to encounter the
ordinary perils of sea.
U.S. EFFECTIVE
CONTROLLED FLEET
That
fleet of merchant ships owned by United States citizens or corporations
and registered under flags of "convenience" or "necessity" such as Liberia
or Panama. The term is used to emphasize that, while the fleet is not
U.,$.-flag, it is effectively under U.S. control by virtue of the ship's
owners and can be called to serve U.S. interests in time of
emergency.
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