Different types of Carriers in Sea Transport

They are vessels, carry goods from one place to another. Do we know all of them? Lets have a look..

1. Bulk Carriers:  All vessels designed to carry bulk homogeneous cargo without mark and count such as grain, fertilizers, ore, and oil. 

2. Combination Passenger and Cargo Vessels:  Ships with a capacity for 13 or more passengers.

3. Freighters:  Breakbulk vessels both refrigerated and unrefrigerated, containerships, partial container ships, roll–on/roll–off vessels, and barge carriers. A general cargo vessel designed to carry heterogeneous mark and count cargoes.

4. Barge Carriers:  Ships designed to carry barges; some are fitted to act as full container ships and can carry a varying number of barges and containers at the same time. At present this class includes two types of vessels LASH and Sea–Bee.

5. General Cargo Carriers:  Breakbulk freighters, car carriers, cattle carriers, pallet carriers and timber carriers. A vessel designed to carry heterogeneous mark and count cargoes.

6. Full Containerships:  Ships equipped with permanent container cells, with little or no space for other types of cargo.

7. Partial Containerships:  Multipurpose containerships where one or more but not all compartments are fitted with permanent container cells. Remaining compartments are used for other types of cargo.

8. Roll–on/Roll–off vessels:  Ships specially designed to carry wheeled containers or trailers using interior ramps.

9. Tankers: Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid bulk cargo such as: crude petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, Liquefied gasses (LNG and LPG), wine, molasses, and similar product tankers.

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