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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To cut carbon emissions, more cargo ships are again hoisting the sails

Omaha World-Herald 17 Dec 2018

tech companies, including one backed by airplane maker Airbus, are pitching futuristic sails to help cargo ships harness the free and endless supply of wind power ... “It’s just a better mousetrap,” said CEO James Rhodes, who says his target market is the “Panamax” size bulk cargo ships carrying iron ore, coal or grain....

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Document shows Scots sailed to North America earlier than thought

Scotsman 17 Dec 2018

They had paid money to Patrick Donaldson, one of the owners and the ship's clerk, to buy their share of the ship's cargo of salt. On arrival in Aberdeen, the owners refused to pay the crew their whole share as the cargo was spoiled due to a leak in the ship's hold....

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As global shipping industry tries to go green, sails come 'back to the seas'

Omaha World-Herald 17 Dec 2018

tech companies, including one backed by airplane maker Airbus, are pitching futuristic sails to help cargo ships harness the free and endless supply of wind power ... "It's just a better mousetrap," said CEO James Rhodes, who says his target market is the "Panamax" size bulk cargo ships carrying iron ore, coal or grain....

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Norden: The asset-light argument

Splash24/7 17 Dec 2018

The CEO of one of Denmark’s largest shipping lines, Norden, is anticipating an improved financial year for his giant dry cargo and tanker fleets after what has been a trying 2018 in which the company was forced to downgrade its full year forecasts on the back of the weak tanker segment....

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In a first, Patna connects to Inland Waterways, maiden cargo arrives

Hindustan Times 17 Dec 2018

The 16 TEUs of container cargo were equivalent to 16 truckloads and belonged to food giants PepsiCo India and Emami Agrotech ... The 16 TEUs of container cargo were equivalent to 16 truckloads and belonged to food giants PepsiCo India and Emami Agrotech ... “Container cargo transport comes with several inherent advantages....

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Cheniere Energy, An LNG Play With 30% Upside In 2019

Seeking Alpha 17 Dec 2018

Cheniere is hooked up and ready to ship, and has been shipping LNG cargoes for some time now from Sabine Pass and Corpus Christie ... It's going to be a while before many of these new guys are ready to ship ... Just robust growth as ship after ship was filled to the rim....

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Russia's first FSRU to arrive at Kaliningrad to start up LNG imports - source

This is Money 17 Dec 2018

The vessel is currently anchored outside the port of Kaliningrad, according to Refinitiv Eikon shipping data. The Marshal Vasilevskiy came from Singapore with a cargo on board to commission the LNG import facility with the gas to be ......

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Gadkari: All legal aspects to be considered for Ram temple

Gulf News 17 Dec 2018

Dubai ... He was in Dubai recently on a private visit and spoke to Gulf News exclusively, candidly answering questions about his Roads and Surface Transport and Shipping Ministry but was reluctant to discuss politics ... Third, we will have nine places on the route with RoRo services (Rolled On and Rolled Off services to wheel cargo through ships) ... ....

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Cyclone Phethai: Port, steel plant operations normal in Visakhapatnam

The Times of India 17 Dec 2018

VISAKHAPATNAM ... "All movement of cargo ships in and out of the port, including the Inner Harbour, is normal. But the port is put on alert in case the cyclone worsens," a senior Visakhapatnam Port Trust official said on Monday ... ....

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People fall off cruise ships with alarming regularity. Can anything be done to stop it?

Quartz 17 Dec 2018

There’s also the fact that, as journalist and former airline pilot William Langewiesche hauntingly wrote in Vanity Fair of the sinking of a US-flagged cargo ship in 2015, “disasters at sea do not get the public attention that aviation accidents do, in part because the sea swallows the evidence.”....

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Saudia Cargo shipped 58 cars to KSA for Formula E

Arab News 16 Dec 2018

Saudia Cargo has helped bring the Saudi Arabian Airlines-sponsored FIA’s Formula E Championship to Riyadh ... Earlier this year, Saudia Cargo carried the equipment of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) event to the Kingdom for the “Crown Jewel” tournament and transported two satellites from Riyadh to Shanghai....

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ECU maritime archaeology team search for clues to Danish slave ships

Reflector 16 Dec 2018

“According to folklore and historical research the ships are either pirate ships or slave traders that wrecked in Punta Cahuita Bay,” said Harris ... Building supplies and other commodities like ivory tusks were additional paying cargo to offset human cargo mortality on slave voyages and to ballast the ships....

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Lagos Unveils Rapid Intervention Squad to Tackle Traffic Congestion

This Day 16 Dec 2018

He observed that the Apapa ports alone “are responsible for two-third of cargoes shipped into the country ... Most shipping companies in Apapa do not have holding bays for their consignment.”....