refloating
Lifting submerged vessels
Refloating is the act of getting a grounded or sunken vessel back on the water.
A ship that runs aground or sinks in shallow water may be refloated by pumping out water, lightening cargo, or waiting for high tide: Salvage crews spent weeks refloating the capsized ferry.
The term extends to rescuing failing enterprises: refloating a struggling business.
Recovering damaged goods
- dewateringRemoving liquid from solids
- pumpingForcing flow mechanically
- patchingRepairing by covering
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
recovery · raising · retrieval · wreckage · sunken · grounding · stranding · beaching
Drained basin for hull work
- tugboatSmall craft that pulls ships
- shipyardVessel construction site
- dockyardMaritime vessel construction site
- hullOuter covering or frame
bilge · ballast · waterline · keel · stern · bow · pontoon · barge
Removal from usual location
- buoyantAble to float
- hydrostaticsScience of stationary fluid pressures
- upthrustForceful upward push
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
waterline · ballast · trim · draft · airbags · pontoons · lifting · neutrally
Emergency aid preventing bankruptcy
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- rescueSave from harm
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
creditors · debt · liquidity · recapitalization · turnaround · recovery · revival · solvency
salvage
Recovering damaged goods
- dewateringRemoving liquid from solids
- pumpingForcing flow mechanically
- patchingRepairing by covering
stabilization · recovery · raising · retrieval · wreckage · sunken · grounding · stranding · beaching · capsizing
drydock
Drained basin for hull work
- tugboatSmall craft that pulls ships
- shipyardVessel construction site
- dockyardMaritime vessel construction site
hull · bilge · ballast · waterline · keel · stern · bow · pontoon · barge · vessel
displacement
Removal from usual location
- buoyantAble to float
- hydrostaticsScience of stationary fluid pressures
- upthrustForceful upward push
density · waterline · ballast · trim · draft · airbags · pontoons · lifting · neutrally · submersion
bailout
Emergency aid preventing bankruptcy
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- rescueSave from harm
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
bankruptcy · creditors · debt · liquidity · recapitalization · turnaround · recovery · revival · solvency · struggling
- salvagesalvage, salvage operations, salvage operation, salvor, marine salvage
- strandingswhale stranding, beaching
refloatingsinking
Falling through water
scuttling · foundering · submerging · capsizing · grounding
refloatingliquidating
Converting assets to cash
shuttering · abandoning · dissolving · winding down · folding
refloatingscuttling
Hasty, low scurrying motion
abandoning · decommissioning · scrapping · wrecking · writing off
float, floating, inflate, deflate, afloat, floated, floater, floaty, flotation