edentama.blogg.se - A rather large fleet of civilian ships

Cargo ship Ī tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. General cargo ships include "multi-purpose and project vessels and roll-on/roll-off cargo".

The UNCTAD review of maritime transport categorizes ships as: oil tankers, bulk (and combination) carriers, general cargo ships, container ships, and "other ships", which includes "liquefied petroleum gas carriers, liquefied natural gas carriers, parcel (chemical) tankers, specialized tankers, reefers, offshore supply, tugs, dredgers, cruise, ferries, other non-cargo".

LNG = Gas carrier transporting liquefied natural gas.

LPG = Gas carrier transporting liquefied petroleum gas.

SV = Sailing Vessel (although these can be sub coded as type of sailing vessel).

Merchant ships' names have a prefix to indicate which kind of vessel they are: ĭuring wars, merchant ships may be used as auxiliaries to the navies of their respective countries, and are called upon to deliver military personnel and materiel. Today, the Greek fleet accounts for some 16 per cent of the world's tonnage this makes it currently the largest single international merchant fleet in the world, albeit not the largest in history. The Greek merchant marine is the largest in the world. Ownership of the vessels can be by any country, however. Currently, Liberia and Panama are particularly favoured. Such flags are known as " flags of convenience".

However, due to high operating costs, today these fleets are in many cases sailing under the flags of nations that specialize in providing manpower and services at favourable terms.

Most countries of the world operate fleets of merchant ships. They come in myriad sizes and shapes, from twenty-foot (6 m) inflatable dive boats in Hawaii, to 5,000-passenger casino vessels on the Mississippi River, to tugboats plying New York Harbor, to 1,000-foot (300 m) oil tankers and container ships at major ports, to passenger-carrying submarines in the Caribbean. This is in contrast to pleasure craft, which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships, which are used for military purposes. Historical merchant trading ship: a Dutch fluyt cargo vessel from the late 17th centuryĪ merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire.