Port and starboard vessel's starboard side by green and its port side by red. Aircraft are lit in the same way. Port and starboard Port and starboard are nautical and aeronautical terms of orientation that deal unambiguously with the structure of vessels and aircraft. Their structures are largely bilaterally symmetrical, meaning they have mirror-image left and right halves if divided long-ways down the middle. One asymmetric feature is that on aircraft and ships where access is at the side, this access is usually only provided on the port side. To understand which is which, when a person is facing the bow on a
MV TransAtlantic while "Jasmine Ace" was taking fuel. The squall caused the ship to drag its anchor. The car carrier drifted downwind, causing its starboard quarter to strike "Baffin Strait" starboard side. As a result, "Baffin Strait" anchor also began to drag, and the crew dropped a second anchor to hold the ship. The two ships were "married for several minutes", during which time the "Jasmine Ace" started her engine. The "Baffin Strait" damage included "disfigured" steel on the starboard bulwark and damage to the starboard running light. On 27 March 2009, Military Sealift Command announced a request for proposals (number N00033-09-R-5502)