Types of vessels

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A liner sails according to
a prearranged, fixed schedule.
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A tramp does not have
a prearranged, fixed schedule

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A passenger ship has been designed to carry
passengers, but some can also carry small amounts
of cargo.

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• This freighter carries cargo in bags, boxes, crates
or cargo coming in pieces.

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Dry bulk cargo (grain, ore, coal, etc.) is unpacked
cargo of one commodity.

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Tankers carry
liquids in bulk.

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A Very Large Crude Carrier carries enormous
quantities of crude oil.

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A semi-submersible
heavy-load vessel is
loaded by submerging
it first.
When the vessel emerges
again she will “pick up”
the cargo.
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Liquefied Natural Gas
• This tanker carries Liquefied Petroleum Gas.

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• Containers are stowed in bays (abeam),
rows (fore to aft) and tiers (layers).

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• Cargo is rolled on and rolled off the vessel by lorries,
so no cargo-handling equipment is required.
RAMP

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A refrigerated-cargo vessel
(reefer)
has been equipped with a
refrigerating-plant
to carry
perishable cargoes.

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Coasters are small cargo vessels that carry
cargo along the coast or on short sea-voyages.

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Large vessels are towed by sea-going tugs
or harbour tugs.

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A heavy-lift vessel can lift extremely heavy cargo
with her heavy derricks (“booms”).
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A salvage vessel
has been equipped
with heavy derricks
to lift wrecks from
the seabed.

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Cutter suction dredgers are often spudded
to keep the vessel in position.
SPUD

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• The wheelhouse and funnel are forward.
Supplies for oil rigs are carried on the aft deck.

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Icebreakers are equipped with powerful engines
and must have strengthened stems.

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A buoyage vessel places and maintains buoys.

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Pilots often embark ships from pilot launches.
PILOT
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A fire float is a fire-fighting vessel.

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A survey vessel performs research into nautical
matters, such as depths, seabed condition, positions of
wrecks, etc.

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In cases of distress a SAR-vessel performs
a Search and Rescue operation.

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Warships (Men-of-war) are measured by weight,
unlike merchant vessels, which are measured
by volume.
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The
International Maritime Language Programme – IMLP
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The IMLP is an IMO-standard.
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