TYPES OF SHIPS

1. TYPES OF SHIPS BY SCHEDULE (timetable): a) Liners (linijska plovba) – definedthehour at whichtheyhave to be at a port to take up cargo or passengers (ETA – estimated time ofarrival, ETD – estimated time ofdeparture, portofloading, portofdischarge, portsofcall) b) Tramps (prosta plovba) – these are not knownmuch in advance (they go wherethere is cargo)

2. VESSELS USED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF CARGO AND/OR PASSENGERS

3. GENERAL CARGO CARRIER The purpose she serves: • To carry packed cargo in boxes, crates or bags or coming in pieces (unpacked cargo items) Loading/discharging: - vessel’s derricks or shore-based cranes Feature(s) of design: • Derricks • Tweendecks • “open freighter”

4. DRY BULK CARRIER The purpose she serves: • To carry dry bulk cargo (unpacked cargo of one commodity) Loading/discharging: - Cranes with grabs or pumps Feature(s) of design: • Holds are divided into compartments (stability) • Self-trimming holds (rolling circumstances, list)

5. TANKER The purpose she serves: • To carry liquid cargo (crude oil, petroleum, edible oils, etc.). • Chemical tankers (chemicals) • LNG carriers (liquified natural gas) • LPG carrier (liquified petroleum gas) Loading/discharging: - Flexible pipes (in the offing) Feature(s) of design: • Double bottoms and hulls • Divided into compartments by bulkheads • Cofferdams (pump rooms)

6. CONTAINER SHIP The purpose she serves: • To carry containerized cargo (general, liquid, refrigerated) Loading/discharging: - shore-based cranes Feature(s) of design: • Cells (rows, bays, tiers) • Gantry cranes

7. RO/RO SHIP The purpose she serves: • To carry wheeled cargo Loading/discharging: - Cargo is rolled on and rolled off Feature(s) of design: • No cargo handling equipment (tow trucks) • Ramps (bow and stern doors)

8. COASTER The purpose she serves: • To carry cargo along the coast or on sea voyages Loading/discharging: - / Feature(s) of design: • Engine room is aft • No tweendecks • No bulkheads • Broad hatches • Transverse strengthening

9. REEFER The purpose she serves: • To carry perishable cargoes (meat, fruit). Loading/discharging: - / Feature(s) of design: • Temperature and humidity controls • Refrigerating plants

10. LASH-VESSEL The purpose she serves: • To carry lighters (floating containers) Loading/discharging: • vessel’s heavy derricks • Submerging, loading, emerging Feature(s) of design: • Flat main deck with no obstacles • Derricks or pumping system to load/discharge lighters

11. HEAVY LOAD VESSEL The purpose she serves: • To lift and carry extremely heavy cargoes on the main deck (drilling platforms, engines, yachts, trains, etc.) Loading/discharging: • vessel’s heavy derricks • Submerging, loading, emerging Feature(s) of design: • Heavy derricks (booms), masts and lifting blocks • Flat main deck • Powerful pumping system

12. TIMBER CARRIER The purpose she serves: • To carry timber Feature(s) of design: • Tall derricks • Timber load-line

13. MULTI-PURPOSE (MULTI-LOAD) VESSEL The purpose she serves: • To carry general cargo, bulk cargo and containerized cargo (e.g., OBO) Feature(s) of design: • Variety of cargo handling gears • Subdivided into compartments

14. VESSELS USED FOR ASSISTANCE AND SERVICE

15. TUG The purpose she serves: • To assist other vessels when entering or leaving the port, assist with a salvage operation Feature(s) of design: • Powerful engines • CPP with adjustable blades • Bow and stern thrusters • Clear aft deck

16. SALVAGE VESSEL The purpose she serves: • To rescue other ships or their cargo from loss at sea Feature(s) of design: • Heavy derricks (wrecks)

17. BUOYAGE VESSEL The purpose she serves: • To place and maintain buoys Feature(s) of design: • Flat aft deck • Hoisting installation

18. SURVEY SHIP The purpose she serves: • To perform marine research Feature(s) of design: • Oceanographic instruments

19. SUPPLY VESSEL The purpose she serves: • To supply oil rigs with stores and spare parts (towing of rigs, extinguishing fires) Feature(s) of design: • Flat aft deck • High-capacity fire extinguishing pumps

20. SAR-VESSEL The purpose she serves: • To perform search and rescue operations for ships in distress Feature(s) of design: • Powerful engines • Communication instruments (RCC)

21. FIREFLOAT The purpose she serves: • To fight against fire Feature(s) of design: • Powerful fire-extinguishing system

22. PILOT TENDER The purpose she serves: • To transport the pilot to the ship that requested pilotage Feature(s) of design: • Sheltered aft deck

23. ICEBREAKER The purpose she serves: • To ride up the ice and crush a way through for other ships Feature(s) of design: • Powerful engine • Strengthening of her stem

24. CABLE LAYER The purpose she serves: • To lay cables on the bottom of the sea Feature(s) of design: • Huge horizontal wheel (reeling off cables) • Dynamic Positioning System

25. DREDGER The purpose she serves: • To deepen out harbours, ports, fairways, approaches and entrances, anchorages, roadsteds, etc. Feature(s) of design: • Integrated hopper • Spud system • Cutterhead • Bucket, grab or suction system

26. FISHERMAN The purpose she serves: • To catch and process fish Feature(s) of design: • Refrigerating plants with deep-freezing facilities • RSW tanks • Powerful winches

27. Seating • Nearly • Largest • Brandnew • Thenightaway • Packedwith • Funnel • Conditions • Collidedwith

28. Dense • Sank • Terrible • Capsize • Managed to get • Adverse • Safely • Back-up • Watertight • Crew • Forbidden

29. C • C • C • B • A • A • A

30. weight: 1/3 of a milliontons • 300 m • 60 m • 60 m • 2 millionbarrels • 21 (keepingthevastengine in runningorder) • 5,000,000 • 100,000 • Withinertgasses (a safetyblanketof ~) • Doublehull to preventleakage

31. a) length: more than 330 b) width: 45 c) capacity: 6,600 containers • Localknowledge (size, wind, depth, tidalstreams, currents, buoys) • tugs

32. p. 77/4 • Very large crude carrier • Liquefied petroleum gas • Liquefied natural gas • Roll on, roll off • Lighter aboard ship • Oil, bulk, ore • Controllable pitch propeller • Search and rescue • Refrigerated sea water tanks