Bulk Carriers
Bulk Carriers are ships designed for carriage of solid bulk cargoes. In gross tonnes, bulk carriers amount for almost one third of the world's sailing fleet.
The
modern bulk carrier originated in 1954 (M/S "Cassiopeia", designed by
Ole Skaarup), and currently more than 7000 bulk carriers are sailing the
seas, and they carry the vast majority of the world's dry bulk cargoes.
Total seaborne dry bulk transports amounts more than 2500 million
tonnes per year, including bulk cargoes as iron ore, coal, grain,
bauxite/alumina, phosphate, steel products, cement, pet coke, forest
products, fertilisers, sulphur and other dry bulk cargoes.
Combination Carriers
An Ore-bulk-oil carrier, also known as combination carrier or OBO, is a ship designed to be capable of carrying wet or dry cargoes. The idea is to reduce the number of empty
voyages, in which large ships only carry a cargo one way and return
empty for another. These are a feature of the larger bulk trades
Combination Carriers include:
- Ships intended for separate carriage of oil and dry cargoes in bulk (notation: Bulk Carrier or Tanker for Oil)
- Ships intended for separate carriage of oil and ore in bulk (notation: Ore Carrier or Tanker for Oil)
- Combination of the two above, so-called OBO (Oil/Bulk/Ore carrier)
Container Ships
Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size inter-modal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial inter-modal freight transportation. These container ships have become one of the most famous cargo transport method due to its reliability and convenience
There are five container ship categories based on there capacity...
1. PanaMax
2. Post-PanaMax
3.Suez-Max Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS)
4.Post-Suez-Max
5.Post-Malacca-Max
Gas carriers
Gas carrier ships are especially designed ocean-going vessels that are dedicated for transporting all types of liquefied natural gases (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) to their destinations. These ships are inbuilt with tankers of plain surface, spherical or cylindrical shape to carry the gas. Capacity of a gas carriers depends on the trade for which it was constructed and ranges from 3,500 –1, 50,000 m3.
General Cargo Carriers & Ro/Ro
General Cargo Carriers are ships arranged for lift on/lift off cargo handling and intended for carriage of general dry cargoes. Ships arranged for roll-on roll-off cargo handling are denoted additional notation Ro/Ro.
Ore Carriers
Ore Carriers are ships designed for carriage of ore cargoes in centre
holds. The last years have seen a dramatic increase of the new building
orders for Very Large Ore Carriers (VLOC), mainly driven by the
increasing demand for iron ore imports from Australia and Brazil to the
steel mills in China.
Passenger Ships
A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo vessels
which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as
the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in
which the transport of passengers is secondary to the carriage of
freight. The type does however include many classes of ships designed to
transport substantial numbers of passengers as well as freight
There are two main categories of passenger ships:
- Passenger Ship is designed primarily for carriage of passengers
- Car
and Train Ferry is a Ro/Ro ship designed for regular transport of
passengers and vehicles (these may also be pure Car Ferry or pure Train
Ferry, in both cases also carrying passengers)
Oil Carriers
Oil carriers are ships intended for transport of oil in bulk, whereas
oil product carriers are ships intended for transport of all types of
oil products except crude oil. In gross tonnes, tankers (including gas
carriers and chemical tankers) amount for more than one third of the
worlds sailing fleet.
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