Shaft- Eje

Etymology:

Keel- Quilla

Etimology:

There are several types of keels. The Joshua Slocum Spray had a keel that was called "run" since it
went from bow to stern. The Spray was a 19th century fishing sloop with a V-shaped boat and two
masts with several sails that allowed its skipper a lot of freedom of movement since once
balanced, the boat kept the course for hours and even days. no autopilot.

Propeller- helices

Etimology:

The inventor of the first operational propeller to propel a ship was the Czech-German Josef Ressel,
who applied for the Austrian patent on November 28, 1826. Astilleros Españoles, S.A. proposed
several ways to improve the performance of marine propellers, with gains, either in top speed of
the ship, or in fuel consumption

Rudder- Timon

Etimology:

While, in Europe, sculpted Rudders were found on a wide variety of vessels since Roman times,
including light war galleys in the Mediterranean, the oldest representation of a male and female
Rudder can be found in church reliefs at Zedelgem and Winchester, dated to around 1180.
Water- line – línea de agua, línea de flotación, francobordo

Etimology

In Britain in the early 1800s, insurers established a very simple law, whereby the freeboard should
be 2 to 3 inches for each foot of hold depth. To limit the draft of ships, around 1835 the Lloyd's
Register set three inches of freeboard for each foot of depth in the hold.

In 1875 Samuel Plimsoll, Member of Parliament, promoted the legislation of a mark on the sides of
the ship, to indicate the draft up to which it could load. This brand is known as the Plimsoll Disc,
although its official name is the freeboard brand

40-foot container- Contenedor de 40 pies

Etimology:

These containers began to be launched during World War II for the safe transport of war
materials. The inventor was the carrier Malcom McLean who, tired of making long journeys,
devised a revolutionary invention, some metal boxes designed to transport goods.
The first container was 35 feet long, 8 feet high, and 8 feet long. Its great success led to the
creation of the Sea Land shipping company, which in 1965 transported 60 containers for the first
time in history from the port of Newark to the port of Houston. Its great reception makes these
containers begin to be used in maritime transport on a regular basis.

20-foot container- contenedor de 20 pies

Etimology:

It comes from the same history of all containers, with the passing of the years and new
technologies, the ISO organization will subsequently be in charge of the standardization of
equipment and containers, establishing requirements such as their identification and regulation or
adaptation to dimensions. and form established.