berthing
Securing at port
Berthing is the act of bringing a vessel into its berth—a designated space at a dock, pier, or wharf where a ship moors.
The term extends to spacecraft docking at stations: The capsule completed berthing at the International Space Station.
Berthing also refers to sleeping accommodations on ships or trains: The berthing arrangements were cramped.
Waterfront landing structure
- wharfShip docking structure
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- jettyStructure extending into water
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
marina · shipyard · dockyard · gangway · portside · slip · basin · tugboat
Thick nautical tethering rope
- bollardTraffic-blocking vertical post
- cleatShoe spike for grip
- fendersVehicle splash protectors
- warpsBends from original shape
capstan · winch · dockline · shackle · bitt · chock · rope · chain
pier
Waterfront landing structure
harbor · marina · shipyard · dockyard · gangway · portside · slip · basin · tugboat · pilot
hawser
Thick nautical tethering rope
warps · capstan · winch · dockline · shackle · bitt · chock · rope · chain · securing
bunk
Nonsense or stacked bed
hammock · rack · compartment · wardroom · fo'c'sle · shipboard · enlisted · curtain · footlocker
module
Independent functional component
- ISSOrbiting multinational research facility
- airlockTwo-doored pressure transition space
- hatchOpening in deck or floor
rendezvous · approach · capture · pressurization · Soyuz · alignment · orbital · station
- tugboat servicestugboats, tugs, tug boats, towage, undocking
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- portsport, seaport, harbor, seaports, harbors
- seamanshipseamanship, steering, anchoring, navigation, chartwork
- ferry termscar ferry, passenger ferry, cable ferry, vehicle ferry, commuter ferry
berthingcasting off
Releasing mooring lines
departing · setting sail · undocking · sailing · putting to sea
berthingevicting
Removing by legal process
displacing · removing · ejecting · dislodging · unhousing