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TYPES OF SHIPS. barge-carrying ship - barges container ship - containers cruise ship - passengers b ulker - bulk cargo f erry - passengers and their cars general cargo ship - general cargo ro- r o ship - wheeled cargo t anker - oil and other liquids
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TYPES OF SHIPS barge-carrying ship - barges container ship - containers cruise ship - passengers bulker - bulk cargo ferry - passengers and their cars general cargo ship - general cargo ro-ro ship - wheeled cargo tanker - oil and other liquids LPG carrier - liquefied petroleum gas icebreaker - /
Paragraph 1: Introduction Paragraph 2: General cargo ships Paragraph 3: Bulk carriers Paragraph 4: Container ships Paragraph 5: Auto carriers Paragraph 6: Tankers Paragraph 7: Fishing vessels Paragraph 8: Oil industry vessels Paragraph 9: Passenger ships Paragraph 10: Ferry boats Paragraph 11: Tow and tug boats Paragraph 12: Barges Paragraph 13: Specialised ships
TANKERS Description “oil drums with an engine “ Purpose haul oil, and many different types of liquids and gases Distinguishing features piping forward of the bridge on the main deck no large hatch covers smaller manholes at each tank
CRUISE SHIPS seating nearly largest brand new the night away packed with funnel conditions collided with dense sank TYPES OF SHIPS - VIDEO
terrible • capsize • managed to get • adverse • safely • back-up • watertight • crew • forbidden
HEAVY LIFT VESSEL The Blue Marlin is … a heavy lift vessel. The Blue Marlin loads cargo … by sinking its deck. The Blue Marlin sinks by … ballasting and pumping up water into her tanks. The Blue Marlin can sink … 5 meters in 10 hours. The water is pumped out by means of … engines. In 1988, the USS Samuel B. Roberts could not sail back to the US because in the Persian Gulf it had been … struck by a mine. To load the Samuel B. Roberts, the Blue Marling had to go 50 miles …off-shore.
SUPERTANKERS Weight when fully loaded: 1/3 of a million tons Length:300m Width:60m Height:60m Capacity:2 million barrels of oil Crew:21 Number of cars that could be filled with her load:5,000,000 Number of times you could go around the world with her load:100,000
Tankers prevent fire • by covering the oil with a safety blanket of inert gasses • with a double hull to prevent leakage
CONTAINER SHIPS Length:330m Width:45m Capacity:6,600 containers The capacity of each container is: 14t She is as tall as the Empire State Building, wider than a 6-lane highway, and driving it is like driving a lorry without brakes. The pilot is needed for his local knowledge of the port. Once in the port, the ship is manoeuvred using tugs.