breadth (B)means the maximum breadth of the hull in metres, measured to the outer edge of the shell plating (excluding paddle wheels, rub rails, and similar);
craftmeans a vessel or item of floating equipment;
draught (T)means the vertical distance in metres between the lowest point of the hull without taking into account the keel or other fixed attachments and the maximum draught line;
floating equipmentmeans a floating installation carrying working gear such as cranes, dredging equipment, pile drivers or elevators;
floating establishmentmeans any floating installation not normally intended to be moved, such as a swimming bath, dock, jetty or boathouse;
floating objectmeans a raft or other structure, object or assembly capable of navigation, not being a vessel or floating equipment or establishment;
high-speed vesselmeans a motorised craft capable of reaching speeds over 40 km/h in relation to water;
inland waterway vesselmeans a vessel intended solely or mainly for navigation on inland waterways;
length (L)means the maximum length of the hull in metres, excluding rudder and bowsprit;
linked inland waterwaysmeans waterways of a Member State connected, by inland waterways which can be navigated under national or international law by craft falling within the scope of this Directive, to inland waterways of another Member State.
passenger vesselmeans a day trip or cabin vessel constructed and equipped to carry more than 12 passengers;
pushermeans a vessel specially built to propel a pushed convoy;
recreational craftmeans a vessel other than a passenger vessel, intended for sport or pleasure;
tugmeans a vessel specially built to perform towing operations;
vesselmeans an inland waterway vessel or seagoing ship;
water displacementmeans the immersed volume of the vessel, in cubic metres;