GSK 2
GSK 2
GSK 2
A ship with one or more decks, having ability to carry a variety of commodities
in different forms such as baled, bagged, boxed, crated, palletized, refrigerated,
and with the possibility to accommodate bulk materials such as grain.
• Bulk Carrier
Bulk carriers are a type of ship which transports cargoes (generally dry cargo)
in bulk quantities. The cargo transported in such ships is loose cargo, i.e.
without any specific packaging and generally contains items like iron ore, coal,
cereal, salt, aluminum ore, and copper ore, food grains, and even cement.
• Geared bulker - Smaller bulk carriers are also sometimes equipped with
their own cargo cranes and these are known as 'geared' bulk carriers.
• Lakers - Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that operate
on the Great Lakes of North America
This is a very special type of bulker, where the cargo is loaded as bulk but
are equipped with equipment to bag those bulk cargo and discharge them
in bags.
• Tramps: A boat or ship engaged in the tramp trade does not have a fixed
schedule or published ports of call.
• Suezmax- The largest ships that can transit the Suez Canal, these tankers
are some 275 metres (900 feet) long and have a capacity of 120,000 to
200,000 dwt. They carry about 800,000 to more than 1,000,000 barrels.
Tanker ships are specialised vessels for carrying a large amount of liquid cargo.
Tankers are further sub-divided into different types based on the cargo they
carry.
Oil Tankers: Oil tankers mainly carry crude oil and its by-products.
Liquefied Gas Carriers: A gas carrier (or gas tanker) is designed to transport
LPG, LNG or liquefied chemical gases in bulk.
Other types of tankers: Some other types of tankers are juice tankers, wine
tankers, integrated tug barges etc.
Based on their size, tankers are further divided into various types such as:
• VLCC - Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs). These ships, with a length
of some 330 metres (1,100 feet), have capacities between 200,000 and
320,000 dwt. They carry in the area of two million barrels.
• Suezmax - The largest ships that can transit the Suez Canal, these tankers
are some 275 metres (900 feet) long and have a capacity of 120,000 to
200,000 dwt. They carry about 800,000 to more than 1,000,000 barrels.
• Capesize -
• Handymax
• Lighters
• Handy
• Product Carriers
Product carrier means an oil tanker engaged in the trade of carrying oil other
than crude oil.
Product/chemical tankers are larger tanker used for the transport of various fluid
chemicals and other sensitive products such as palm oil.
• Gas Carrier
A gas carrier, gas tanker, LPG carrier, or LPG tanker is a ship designed to
transport LPG, LNG, CNG, or liquefied chemical gases in bulk.
• Chemical Carrier
A chemical tanker is a type of cargo ship that has been specifically constructed,
or adapted, to carry liquid chemicals in bulk.
• Ro-Ro Ship
Another term similar to PCTC is Pure Car Carriers (PCC), which are used for
transporting passenger cars.
The ConRo (or RoCon) vessel is a hybrid of a RORO and a container ship. This
type of vessel has a below-deck area used for vehicle storage while stacking
containerized freight on the top decks.
• General Cargo + Ro-Ro Ship (GenRo) Ships
A normal Cargo carryng vessel equipped with the RoRo facility is termed
as the GenRo. Slightly compacter and smaller as compared to the
previous two categorisations, the GenRo is capable of carrying loads with
approximate DWTs between 2,000 to almost 30,000.