Cargo ship

A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usually specially designed for the task, often being equipped with cranes and other mechanisms to load and unload, and come in all sizes. Today, they are almost always built by welded steel, and with some exceptions generally have a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years before being scrapped.

Types

Cargo ships/freighters can be divided into five groups, according to the type of cargo they carry. These groups are:

General cargo vessels

Tankers

Dry bulk carriers

Multi-purpose vessels

Reefer ships

General cargo vessels carry packaged items like chemicals, foods, furniture, machinery, motor- and military vehicles, footwear, garments, etc.

Tankers carry petroleum products or other liquid cargo.

Dry bulk carriers carry coal, grain, ore and other similar products in loose form.

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Australia launches biggest-ever cargo ship to carry fruit exports from Tasmania to the mainland before being shipped overseas

This is Money 18 Feb 2019

Australia's biggest-ever cargo ship to carry fruit exports has launched in Tasmania and will soon begin its journey to Melbourne. The Tasmanian Achiever II is 210m long and can carry 40 per cent more freight per voyage than any other ship on the route ... Australia's biggest cargo vessel to carry fruit was unveiled in a naming ceremony in Tasmania....

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ENDING LOSSES IN MARITIME SECTOR

This Day 18 Feb 2019

According to statistics from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Nigerian shippers paid a total sum of $9,0878 billion as freight for dry and wet cargo to foreign ship owners in 2015. In 2016, Nigerians also paid $7,55b to foreign-owned ships while a total of $8,602b fright charges were lost to foreign vessels in 2017....

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Eye for detail

Journal Tribune 18 Feb 2019

SS El Faro was a “roll on-roll off” cargo ship designed to carry vehicles, crewed by United States Merchant Mariners ... of the operation of a roll on-roll off cargo ship ... They did not know that there was another similar boat, the Matsonia, a 46-year-old cargo ship still in operation....

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Luxury City Vehicle Transport Ship Driving

ZDNet 18 Feb 2019

Welcome to the luxury vehicle transport ship driving game where you play as sports car driver as well as cargo ship driver while playing... ....

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Star Citizen Passes $218 Million In Crowdfunding

GamingBolt 18 Feb 2019

It shows off quite a bit, but the thing it primarily focuses on is the new vehicle�Argo SRV, which is a search and rescue vehicle that can latch on to stranded ships or even cargo with its tractor beam, and then haul ......

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Star Bulk Carriers acquires some of its own shares

Dry Bulk 18 Feb 2019

(Star Bulk), a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced that, pursuant to the company’s previously announced share repurchase programme, the company purchased 95 605 of its common shares in open market transactions at an average price of US$8.1937 for aggregate consideration of US$783 359....

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The Navy just bought a fleet of robot submarines to prowl the oceans and mess with adversaries

Business Insider 18 Feb 2019

48 heavyweight torpedoes to attack surface ships, or even conceivably anti-ship missiles. Orca could drop off cargos on the seabed, detect, or even lay mines ... The nearest rough equivalent is the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship, which costs $584 million each and has a crew of 40....

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Laker in winter layup catches fire

Splash24/7 18 Feb 2019

No one was aboard, and the ship had no cargo on it. No signs of pollution have been detected and the fire was out by Sunday morning ... owned. M/V St ... ....

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Another cocaine package surfaces

Manila Standard Today 18 Feb 2019

The cocaine packages were discovered in the area on Feb. 10 and 11 ... 11. Anti-narcotics authorities are still investigating the possible sources of the cocaine, which they said could have been from a cargo ship that might have sunk last year due to the storms off the waters of Samar province. With Francisco Tuyay. ....

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Britons stockpiling euros as Brexit day draws nearer

The Independent 18 Feb 2019

Join Independent Minds ... Brexit and travel ... Getty ... The UK Chamber of Shipping says. “Unlike the carriage of cargo, trade deals do not have a significant effect on the cruise and passenger ferry industry ... The UK Chamber of Shipping says. “Unlike the carriage of cargo, trade deals do not have a significant effect on the cruise and passenger ferry industry ... ....

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The Independent 18 Feb 2019

Finalise the fun stuff. Join Independent Minds ... The UK Chamber of Shipping says. “Unlike the carriage of cargo, trade deals do not have a significant effect on the cruise and passenger ferry industry ... The UK Chamber of Shipping says. “Unlike the carriage of cargo, trade deals do not have a significant effect on the cruise and passenger ferry industry ... ....

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In Libya, hard economic times force migrant workers to look elsewhere

IRINnews 18 Feb 2019

It’s not clear what proportion of those people are in the country solely to work, but it is still a mostly sub-Saharan African workforce that unloads cargo ships, tends to farmland, restocks shelves, operates most aspects of construction and demolition, and manages rubbish and street clearance ... “No one would treat migrants like this [then]....

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Australia's largest cargo ship unveiled

This is Money 17 Feb 2019

Australia's largest cargo ship, the Tasmanian Achiever II, was unveiled on Sunday at Burnie in northwest Tasmania. The 210-metre-long vessel, along with another of the same size, were built by transport company Toll and will up the Bass-Strait shipping capacity of the company by 40 per cent....