Marine Products and Equipment

Marine products and equipment are designed for use aboard boats and ships, on docks and piers, and in various saltwater and fresh water applications. There are many different types of marine products and marine equipment. Examples include boating equipment, shipboard equipment, cargo equipment, and safety equipment. Categories also include anchors, docks, and trailers; cabin, galley, and seats; deck, cockpit and hull; electrical, marine electronics, and engine parts; propellers and drive systems; and marine steering systems. As a rule, marine products and equipment are either water-resistant or water-proof and corrosion-resistant. They may comply with ABS, U.S. Coast Guard, Lloyd’s of London, DNV, SOLAS, IMO, or UL standards.

There are many different types of boating equipment, marine safety equipment, and marine cargo equipment. Boating equipment and accessories include marine navigation components such as compasses, sextants, and radar; depth finders; outboard and inboard motors; winches; and anchors. Marine products and equipment also include trailers and vehicles for hauling boats, as well as safety equipment including life preservers and life lines. Lifeboats, life rafts, fire extinguishers, and survival suits are also examples of marine safety products. Cargo equipment for marine applications includes the cranes and booms that are used to load and unload cargo and ship’s stores.

Most boats use shipboard marine products and equipment to support or constitute the main structure of the vessel. Examples of marine components include the hull, decks, superstructures, and deck head. The hull provides buoyancy and serves as the boat’s main structural component. The horizontal but chambered structures that span the hull are called the deck. Typically, oceangoing ships have several decks. By contrast, most boats have only one. The structural components above the deck are called the superstructures, while the underside of the deck is referred to as the deck head or deckhead.

Shipboard equipment varies from ship to ship and depends upon factors such as the ship’s era, design, area of operations and purpose. Masts, ground tackle, and anchors are three examples of shipboard marine products and equipment. Masts may contain antennas, navigation lights, radar transponders, fog signals, and other devices. Ground tackle includes marine equipment such as mooring winches, windlasses, and anchors. Anchors are used to moor ships in shallow water. They are connected to the ship by a rope or chain. On larger vessels, the chain usually runs through a hawse pipe.

Marine products and equipment include parts, components, and systems for a ship’s cabin, sole, bulkheads, keel and bow. The cabin is an enclosed space that consists of individual structures, and which has a floor called a sole. The vertical surfaces that divide a cabin’s internal spaces are called bulkheads. The ship’s keel or backbone is a structural member to which the frames are attached. Marine products and equipment also include parts and components for the bow, a boat’s front or forward end.

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