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Abandon vessel: To evacuate crew and passengers from a vessel following a distress


Accommodation ladder: Ladder attached to platform at vessel's side with flat steps and handrails enabling persons to embark / disembark from water or shore Adrift Floating, not controlled, without a clearly determinable direction Air draft The height from the waterline to the highest point of the vessel


Assembly station: Place on deck, in mess rooms, etc., assigned to crew and passengers where they have to meet according to the muster list when the
corresponding alarm is released or announcement made