What types of transportation are available for cargo ships?
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Regarding sea cargo, there are different cargo ships and modes of transportation depending on the cargo.
Container ships - currently the most commonly used mode of transportation, available in 20', 40' and 45' sizes. The capacity of container ships varies greatly, with the smallest being 85TEU (TEU) and the largest currently being OOCL Hong Kong, reaching 21,413TEU.
Bulk carriers - used to transport bulk commodities such as wheat, sulfur, iron ore, coal, etc.
General cargo ships - used to transport various other cargoes such as packaged cargo (cement, sugar, etc.), palletized cargo (oil and gas, chemicals, etc.), timber, etc.
Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) vessels - also known as RoRo vessels, as the name suggests, are used for transportation of wheeled cargo such as cars, buses, trucks, construction vehicles, and so on. They can be further categorized as PCC (Pure Car Carrier) or PCTC (Car and Truck), and their use is also known by their name.
Multi-purpose vessel - used to transport a combination of the above cargoes. Very versatile and popular ships, especially for certain routes where automatic vessels are required without shore handling facilities.
Tankers - used to transport various liquid cargoes such as oil, liquid chemicals, etc.
Crude oil tankers - used for transporting crude oil, which can be further classified as VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) and ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier, with the tonnage of the former ranging from 200,000 tons to 300,000 tons and the latter from 300,000 tons to 500,000 tons.
LNG carriers - used to transport liquefied natural gas.
Reefer vessels - used for transportation of frozen cargo or cargo requiring temperature control, such as fruits, meat, fish, etc.
Other developments
Vessel transportation management regulations, in accordance with the laws and regulations of traffic safety management, first of all, all the documents of the ship must be complete, to be registered by the maritime administration and hold a certificate of registration of the ship, the ship is equipped with symbols of the traffic regulations of the crew, each crew member must be licensed to work, the need to carry out a comprehensive inspection before the start of the ship, the ship's signal marking and whether the lights are intact, and the anchor equipment must be in good condition, the ship must be equipped with all the life-saving equipment in accordance with the provisions of the good.
Ship Transportation Operating System
Article 1 In order to regulate the ship transport market, strengthen supervision and management, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of ship transport operators, passengers and cargo owners, protect the safety of people's lives and properties, optimize the capacity structure, and promote the healthy development of the waterway transport industry, according to the relevant state laws and regulations, the formulation of these provisions.
What types of transportation are available for cargo ships?
Container ships - currently the most commonly used mode of transportation, available in 20', 40' and 45' sizes. The capacity of container ships varies greatly, with the smallest being 85TEU (TEU) and the largest currently being OOCL Hong Kong, reaching 21,413TEU.
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Mode of operation of ship transportation
Grocery liner transportation: the cargoes transported by grocery liner are mainly general cargoes, and it can also transport some bulk cargoes, major pieces and other special cargoes. It is the earliest liner transportation.