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Muster station

Meaning in maritime & shipping, with examples

nounCore term

In maritime & shipping, muster station means: A fixed place on a ship where crew and passengers gather when the alarm sounds, so that everyone can be counted and given instructions.

In Turkish: toplanma yeri, toplanma istasyonu

How it is used

Shown on the muster list and on each person's cabin card. During drills people go to their muster station wearing life jackets, and the officer in charge takes a roll call. 'Muster' is also a verb: 'all crew muster at the boat deck'.

Example sentences

  1. On hearing the general alarm, go to your muster station with your life jacket.

  2. The second officer counted everyone at muster station B and reported to the bridge.

Common collocations

  • go to your muster station
  • muster list
  • muster drill
  • roll call at the muster station
  • abandon shipTo leave a ship in an emergency because staying on board has become more dangerous than going into the survival craft. The order to abandon ship is given only by the master.
  • life jacketA jacket filled with buoyant material, or inflated with gas, that keeps a person floating face up in the water.
  • fire drillA practice exercise in which the crew respond to a simulated fire, using the alarm, fire teams, hoses and breathing apparatus as they would in a real emergency.
  • lifeboatA rigid boat carried on a ship, usually fully enclosed, that is lowered into the water so that people can leave the ship in an emergency.

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