Types of ships

1. UNIT I SHIP TYPES OF SHIPS

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We can classify ships as
•merchant ships,
•naval ships (warships)
•pleasure crafts.

3. MERCHANT SHIPS

Merchant ships can be classified as
• cargo ships
• service ships
• passenger ships
• fishing vessels.

4. CARGO SHIPS

Cargo ships can be classified as
• bulk cargo ships
• general cargo ships

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6. Bulk Cargo Ships

Bulk liquid cargoes such as crude
oil or petroleum products are
carried in tankers.

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Chemicals are transported in
chemical tankers

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Gas carriers carry LPG
(Liquefied Petroleum Gas) or
LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).

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Bulk carriers (bulkers) carry
cargoes in bulk such as grain,
iron ore, fertilizer, timber,
sugar, coal.

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18. GENERAL CARGO SHIPS

Reefers (Refrigerated Cargo
Carriers) carry refrigerated cargo
such as fish, meat, and fruit.

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•Container ships carry cargo
in containers, which are
made of steel or aluminium

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Roll-on/roll-off ships (RO-RO) are
always distinguished by large
doors in the hull and by external
ramps that fold down to allow
rolling between pier and ship.

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Heavy-lift ships can transport
huge sections of process
equipment around the world

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Livestock carriers are designed
to carry farm animals.

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32. SERVICE SHIPS

Cable-layers lay and repair
transoceanic cables.

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35. pipe-layers lay pipes

36. Dredgers deepen and clear waterways.

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38. Icebreakers open lanes for other ships through frozen waters.

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41. Tugboats are designed to assist a large vessel in berthing, unberthing or departing the port or fire fighting.

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44. Offshore supply vessels are designed to support equipment to oil rigs and drilling platforms located in the open seas.

45. Fireboats are designed to fight fires on board ship by spraying water and foam onto the fire

46. Barges are flat bottomed, large boats and are used for transporting goods in inland waterways

47. Pilot boat

48. PASSENGER SHIPS

Any ship with space for more than 12
passengers is a passenger ship by international
law.
Cruise ships vary in size, condition, class,
propulsion and accommodations
Ferries are vessels of any size that carry
passengers and their vehicles on fixed routes
over short cross-water passages.
Excursion boats include dinner boats, sightseeing
vessels and whale watching boats and they do
not provide overnight accommodations.

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51. FISHING VESSELS

Fishing vessels are
•whaling ships
•fish processing vessels
•trawlers
•purse seiners.

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54. Purse seiner

55. NAVAL SHIPS

Some naval ships are
•aircraft carriers
•destroyers
•cruiser
•submarine

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58. SOME WORDS

Crude (adj.)- Unrefined, raw.
Excursion (n) - Journey for pleasure.
Grain (n)- Cereal (wheat, rice, corn etc).
Lighter (n)- A barge equipped with a crane and
towed by tug.
Livestock (n) - Farm animals except poultry.
Purse seine (n) - A large net for fishing.
Trawl (n)- A large, baglike net dragged by a boat
along the bottom of a fishing bank.

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1-How can you classify
merchant ships?

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2-What do tankers carry?

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3-What ships transport
the chemicals?

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4-What does a cable-layer do?

63. Change the sentences into active.

1-Refrigerated cargo is carried in reefers.
2-Farm animals are transported by livestock
carriers.
3-Vessels are towed by tugboats.
4-Fire can be extinguished by a fire boat.
5-Ships are controlled by navigating officers
on the bridge.

64. Match the two columns.

Column A
f 1-grain
…2- service ship
…3- excursion boat
…4- fishing vessel
…5- livestock animal
…6- naval ship
…7- passenger ship
…8- bulk cargo
…9- refrigerated cargo
…10- pleasure craft
ColumnB
a-trawler
b-ferry
c- yacht
d-ore
e-meat
f-wheat
g-sheep
h-dinner boat
I-dredger
j-destroyer

65. Which is not in the category of merchant ships?

a. cruise ship
b. ferry
c. gas carrier
d. reefer
e. yacht

66. Which is not in the category of merchant ships?

e. yacht

67. Which is a cargo ship?

a. OBO
b. ferry
c. tug
d. cruise ship
e. dredger

68. Which is a cargo ship?

a. OBO

69. What tows ships in ports?

a. Dredger
b. Tugboat
c. Reefer
d. Lighter
e. Barge

70. What tows ships in ports?

b. Tugboat

71. Which is not a service ship?

a. dredger
b. reefer
c. fire boat
d. offshore supply vessel
e. icebreaker

72. Which is not a service ship?

b. reefer

73. Ore, grain, coal etc. are carried by;

a. a tanker
b. a reefer
c. a LASH ship
d. a bulk carrier
e. livestock carrier

74. Ore, grain, coal etc. are carried by;

d. a bulk carrier

75. Livestock carriers carry;

a. petroleum products
b. chemicals
c. containers
d. refrigerated cargo
e. farm animals

76. Livestock carriers carry;

e. farm animals

77. Which is not used for fishing?

a. a trawler
b. a purse seiner
c. a whaling ship
d. an excursion boat
e. a fish processing vessel

78. Which is not used for fishing?

d. an excursion boat