What does MS mean in Shipping & Sailing?

This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand MS in the Miscellaneous field in general and in the Shipping & Sailing terminology in particular.

Motor Ship

A motor ship or motor vessel is a ship propelled by an internal combustion engine, usually a diesel engine. The names of motor ships are often prefixed with MS, M/S, MV or M/V.

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Definition

What does MS mean?

multiple sclerosis, MS, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis(noun)
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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