The word 'stowage' is correct and usable in written English.
'Stowage' refers to the act or process of storing or arranging items or cargo in a ship, aircraft, or other means of transportation. Example: The captain carefully inspected the stowage of the cargo on board to ensure it was properly secured for the rough seas ahead.
Shrinking the seatback pocket and placing tray stowage higher on its seats has already helped Germany's Lufthansa increase seating on its Airbus A320 fleet from 150 to 168, says Samuel Engel of ICF International.
But it has set up its biggest ship design office in Singapore, from where its "global stowage centre" directs the movements of all its containers throughout the world.
Aircraft carrier operation required three elements: a means of launching from the ship, a means of recovering aircraft aboard ship, and a means of stowage.
The F4F featured a folding wing for compact stowage and was the United States' principal carrier-based fighter plane until Grumman's F6F Hellcat entered service in 1943.
Large aircraft, such as the Boeing 747, incorporate multiple bogies (several wheels arranged in a variety of configurations) in their landing gear to spread out the weight of the aircraft and to facilitate stowage after retraction in flight.
The wings folded for carrier stowage in the navy version.
A characteristic of potters is the pot stowage, which is usually a large frame construction aft.
In some cases a ship may be intended for cargo of such a high stowage factor (i.e., volume per weight unit) that providing for the required internal volume is more of a problem than providing for a specific deadweight.
The day after docking, Captain Bowen and Mr. Reisman plan to stage a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk to install a spare Ku-band dish antenna and to mount an equipment stowage platform on a Canadian robot arm extension.
It had detailed representations of the cabin and instrument facilities, of the shiny Mylar insulation covering of the descent stage, and of the porch, the exit ladder, the foot pads, and the equipment-stowage area.
Its new aircraft orders sagging, Boeing evidently is looking at new opportunities in retrofitting existing planes, and finding some in the bag-stowage area.
