Ships and Classification of Merchant Ships
Ships and Classification of Merchant Ships
Ships and Classification of Merchant Ships
Other ships
1. Ships for the
Transport of Cargo
and Passengers
Supply vessels
Construction vessels
Multipurpose ship
TANKERS
TANKERS
Design speed of the vessels is normally between 10 – 18 knots. For on- and
offloading of the vessel tankers are equipped with a cargo pump system that is
closely monitored due to risk of fire.
ASPHALT/BITUMEN CARRIERS
These ships that specially
designed to carry asphalt/bitumen
products. Characteristics of those
ship is that they are designed with
“floating tanks” which means that
the tanks are allowed to expand
due to high temperature of the
product they carry, up to 260°C.
• It is a ship that designed to transport Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). In order to keep the
natural gas liquefied the gas has to be cooled held in the tanks at -162°C. The liquefied
gas is in some designs kept in sphere shaped tanks that are carefully insulated to avoid
heating up and “boil-off” of the LNG. It also gives the ship a very characteristic look.
No insulation is perfect and according to WGI (World Gas Intelligence), on a typical
voyage an estimate of 0.1% – 0.25% of the cargo converts to gas each day, depending
on the efficiency of the insulation and the roughness of the voyage. Some LNG carriers
are designed to use the “boil-off” from the cargo tanks as fuel for propulsion and are
equipped with dual fuel engines.
LPG
• This ship type is
specially designed to
transport petroleum
gas like propane ,
butane,
propylene and
butylene.
PRODUCT TANKERS
• It is a ship designed for
transporting refined products
from the refineries such
as gasoline, diesel oil and aviation
fuel. Product tankers are available
from small tanker barges up sizes
of 170 000 DWT and is the most
common tanker type.
CHEMICAL TANKER
• It is a ship that is
designed to transport
different kinds of
chemicals but are also
able to transport the
same products as
the Product Tanker. A
chemical tanker is in
most cases more
advanced than the
Product Tanker when
comes to the cargo
handling system as have
to avoid mixing of the
products it is
transporting.
Cattle Ships
Cattle ship is a large ship used in the live
export of sheep, cattle and goats. They
are specially built new or converted
from container ships.
Exhilarating, high-performance
and speed
Catamarans
ideal for entering shallow waters such
as the Caribbean and Bahamas
Sport Fishing Yacht