Types of Carriers A ship Classification of ships

Types of Carriers

A ship

Classification of ships according to what they carry or jobs they perform PEOPLE Cruise liner Passenger liner Hydrofoil Hovercraft

Passenger Liner

PASSENGER SHIP • Cargo: Passengers

Cruise Liner

Hydrofoil boat: high-speed ship which lifts above the water surface at speed.

Hovercraft: transport vehicle that moves on a cushion of air.

Hovercraft

Combined / mixed types Passenger – Car ferry General cargo ship Ro-Ro passenger ship

Ferry

FERRY SHIP • Cargo: Primarily passengers, sometimes vehicles and cargo as well. • Operation: Frequent, return services.

GENERAL CARGO VESSEL • Cargo: Packaged items like chemicals, foods, furniture, machinery, motor vehicles, footwear, garments, etc.

ROLL ON ROLL OFF SHIP (RORO SHIP) Carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers or railroad cars that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels.

Ro – Ro ship

Ro-Ro ship roll on / roll off wheeled cargo (automobiles, trucks, etc. ) Ramps Short service ships Mixed carriers – passengers as well as cargo.

Special purpose ship Oil tanker (ULCC, VLCC) Chemical carrier LPG carrier LNG carrier FPSO (Floating production storage and offloading)

Oil tanker (side view)

Oil tanker 1 oil tanker = petroleum tanker designed for the bulk transport of oil Basic types: Crude tanker (carries large quantities of unrefined oil from its point of extraction to refineries) Product tanker (smaller / carries petrochemicals from refineries to points near consuming markets)

Oil tanker 2 VLC – very large crude carrier (200, 000 – 300, 000 dwt) ULCC – ultra large crude carrier (> 300, 000 dwt)

Chemical carrier = type of tanker designed to transport chemicals in bulk has separate cargo tanks - coated

LPG carrier

LNG carrier

LNG TANKER SHIP • Cargo: LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas)

TANKER SHIP • Cargo: Liquids in bulk. • Types: 1. oil tanker 2. the chemical tanker 3. the liquefied natural gas carrier.

FPSO

FPSO = floating production, storage and offloading used by the offshore industry for processing hydrocarbons and storage of oil hydrocarbons produced from nearyby platforms are received, processed, stored, offloaded

Special purpose ship Container ship Ro-Ro ship Car carrier Bulk carrier

Container ship

CONTAINER SHIP • Cargo: carry the load in truck-size intermodal containers (containerization)

Container ship rapid growth of container transport cargo can be transported from customer to customer TEU (twenty feet equivalent unit) FEU (forty feet equivalent unit) 8 to 10 tiers - 3 to 4 tiers on deck.

Bulk carrier

BULK CARRIER SHIP • Construction: single deck, top side tanks and hopper side tanks. • Cargo : dry cargo in bulk; an ore carrier; or a combination carrier

Bulk carrier carries unpackaged bulk cargo (grain, coal, ore, cement) in cargo holds bulk cargo can be dense, corrosive and abrasive -> cargo shifting ; spontaneous combustion 800000 to 100000 dwl – panamax carriers. Logger, timber, woodchips carriers.

Special purpose vessels Harbour tug Ocean -going tug Supplier Dredger LASH ship Heavy-lift vessel Semi submersible ships Barge carrying ships – heavy load ships. Livestock carrier – sheep and bigger animals. Refrigerated vessels Cargo Hatcher – all weather & water proof.

Tugboat

Tugboat highly manoeuverable powerful for their size / strongly built

Supplier

Supplier = supply ship designed to supply offshore oil platforms transports goods and personnel to and from offshore oil platforms

Grab dredger

Grab dredger used to maintain or deepen channels and fairways

LASH SHIP Lighter aboard ship Loading of barges (lighters)

Heavy-lift vessel

Heavy-lift vessel moves vary large loads that cannot be handled by normally equipped ships semi-submersible

REFRIGERATED SHIP (REEFER SHIP) Has extensive refrigerated spaces for the transport of meat, fruit, and dairy products.

Special purpose vessels Cablelayer Icebreaker Oil drilling vessel Research ship

Icebreaker

Icebreaker hulls which are strengthened for navigation in ice reinforced stem

Fishing vessels Trawler Freezer trawler Fishery factory ship Whale factory ship

Trawler

Trawler engaged in all-the-year-round fishing must therefore be a strong, sturdy vessel able to work in the worst of weather

Freezer trawler can remain at sea for many weeks longer than this as the catch is sorted, washed, gutted and then frozen into about 40 kg-blocks and retained at a temperature of about -28°C, until port is reached.

Fish factory the catch is not only cleaned and gutted, but also filleted, skinned and processed ready for the market