Table of Contents
What does general cargo vessel carry?
General cargo ships transport mainly cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. A bulk carrier, such as a bulker or dry bulker, is a type of merchant ship that is used to transport large amounts of unpackaged bulk cargo, such as iron ore, coal, cereal, salt, aluminum, and copper ore.
How many containers can a cargo vessel carry?
Depending on the size of the container ship, most cargo vessels hold anywhere between 10,000 TEU to 21,000 TEUs. Since containers are measured in TEUs, the TEU capacity indicates exactly how many containers can be placed on the deck and below the deck of the ship.
Can a bulk carrier carry containers?
Bulk carriers have long been able to carry a limited number of containers on deck without further formality, under the International Maritime Organization’s Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing, known as “the CSS code” in shipping jargon.
What is considered general cargo?
In logistics, the term general cargo refers to goods that can be transported individually in one piece. This can be a pallet or a package, a barrel or a box. If these units are collected from different shippers and combined into larger units, they are generally referred to as groupage freight.
What are the types of containers?
11 Most Common Container Types
- General Purpose Containers. A general purpose container is also known as a “dry container”.
- Flat Rack Containers.
- Open Top Containers.
- Double Door Containers.
- High Cube Containers.
- Open Side Containers.
- ISO Reefer Containers.
- Insulated Containers.
How many containers does a vessel have?
Size categories
| Name | Capacity (TEU) | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV) | 14,501 and higher | 1,200 ft (366 m) and longer |
| New Panamax (or Neopanamax) | 10,000–14,500 | 1,200 ft (366 m) |
| Post-Panamax | 5,101–10,000 | |
| Panamax | 3,001–5,100 | 965 ft (294.13 m) |
How many containers can a Panamax ship carry?
5,000
Cargo capacity Panamax container ships can carry 5,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU); with 13,000 TEU for New Panamax vessels.
What is dry bulk container?
A dry-bulk container is a shipping container transporting raw materials (such as grain, powder or sand) in large, unpackaged parcels. A dry-bulk container is loaded from the top and discharged from the bottom.
Why do we need a stowage plan?
An efficient stowage planning is one of the most important factors in saving the transportation cost of shipping companies. One vessel may visit several container ports during a voyage, and containers are loaded onto the vessel from some upstream ports and later unloaded from the vessel at downstream ports.
What can be transported in a container?
Container cargo Toys, televisions, DVDs, clothing, meat and computers; containers are the best way to transport these and many similar products. By efficiently loading the goods, they can be transported simultaneously in large quantities.