Intended Learning Outcome 8

Deck equipment, Deck machinery, Hull machinery

A term applied to steering gear, capstans, windlasses, winches, and miscellaneous

machinery located on the decks of a ship.

Deck Crane

It is used for various hoisting operations conducted in the marine industry. Cranes are used
to move and handle various heavy weight loads and also transfer materials or personnel to or
from marine vessels, barges and structures.

Mooring Winch

Mooring winch is a mechanical device used for securing a ship to the berth. An equipment
with various barrels used for pulling ropes or cables, mooring winches play an important role in
berthing the ship ashore. The barrels, also known as winch drums, are used for hauling in or
letting out the wires or ropes, which will help in fastening the ship to the berth.

Windlass

A windlass is a machine used on ships that is used to let-out and heave-up equipment such
as a ship's anchor or a fishing trawl. On some ships, it may be located in a specific room called
the windlass room.

Anchor Windlass

An anchor windlass is a machine that restrains and manipulates the anchor chain on a boat,
allowing the anchor to be raised and lowered by means of chain cable. A notched wheel
engages the links of the chain or the rope.

Trawl Windlass

A trawl windlass is a similar machine that restrains or manipulates the trawl on a commercial
fishing vessel. The trawl is a sort of big fishing net that is wound on the windlass. The fishermen
either let-out the trawl or heave-up the trawl during fishing operations. A brake is provided for
additional control. The windlass is usually powered by an electric or hydraulic motor operating
via a gear train.
Lift Boat Davits

Lift Boat Davit is any of various crane-like devices used on a ship for supporting, raising, and
lowering equipment such as boats and anchors. The term sometimes refers to structural arms in
other applications where a suspended load is supported in similar fashion to the naval
application.

Deck Fittings

Deck fittings are used aboard ships mainly for the securing of mooring lines. All fitting found
aboard ship except the bollard, which is a pier fitting. Different variations of the pad eye are
used for securing heavy objects and equipment.

Bitts

Bitts are twin stout posts welded to the deck to which mooring lines are fastened.

Cleats

A cleat is a hook-shaped piece of metal supporting a small structural member.

Chocks

A guide for a mooring line, or steel towing wire which enables the line to pass through a
ship bulwark or other barrier.

Roller Chocks

A roller chock is a mooring chock that contains a roller for reducing frictions.

Pad Eye

A padeye is a device often found on boats that a line runs through, or provides an
attachment point. It is a kind of fairlead and often is bolted or welded to the deck or hull of a
boat. It is also used in oil and gas projects to assist in the purpose of lifting.

Bollard

The equivalent of a vessel's mooring bitts used onshore.

Capstan

A ship’s capstan is a drum shaped device that is used for hoisting weights or for winding
ship’s anchor cable. A capstan is similar to a windlass, but unlike windlass, it rotates in a
horizontal plane and around a vertical axis.
Figure 1. Cargo boom parts with label
Figure 2. Basic Hand Signal for Safety Operation