International Ocean Transportation国际海洋运输

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• Total capacity of ship expressed in long tons (2,240 pounds), or metric tons (2,204.6 pounds). • The amount of fuel that a ship carries on board and that it needs to travel, called the bunker, nor its supplies, called the ship’s stores.
International Ocean Transportation
Types of Service Size of Vessels
Types of Vessels
Flag Conferences
Liability Conventions
Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers Security Requirements
Types of Service
• Liner ships Operate on a pre-established schedule with determined ports of call • Tramp ships
Operate wherever the market dictates
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© 2007 Thomson, a part of the Thomson Corporation. Thomson, the Star logo, and Atomic Dog are trademarks used herein under license. All rights reserved.
© 2007 Thomson, a part of the Thomson Corporation. Thomson, the Star logo, and Atomic Dog are trademarks used herein under license. All rights reserved.
International Ocean Transportation
Types of Service Size of Vessels
Types of Vessels
Flag Conferences
Liability Conventions
Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers Security Requirements
International Ocean Transportation
Types of Service Size of Vessels
Types of Vessels
Flag Conferences
Liability Conventions
Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers Security Requirements
Size of Vessels
Size Categories
• Handysize

Ships between 10,000 and 50,000 dwt, mostly used for drybulk tramp service
• Panamax

Ships of the maximum size that can enter the locks of the Panama Canal
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• Net Tonnage

Obtained by subtracting the volume occupied by the engine room and the spaces necessary for the operation of the ship (crew quarters, bridge) from the gross registered tonnage.
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Size of Vessels
Plimsoll Mark and Load Lines
TF F L R
T S W WNA
Plimsoll lines—lines painted on the hull to show ship’s draft (how deep it sits in the water) in different conditions
Size of Vessels
Size Categories
• Suez-max

Ships of the maximum size that can go through the Suez canal
• Capesize

Ships that are large dry bulk carriers of more than 80,000 dwt
• Post-Panamax

Ships that are too large to enter the locks of the Panama Canal
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International Ocean Transportation
Types of Service Size of Vessels
Types of Vessels
Flag Conferences
Liability Conventions
Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers Security Requirements
Size of Vessels
Dead-weight tonnage
• Definition

The maximum weight that a ship can carry Since the ship also carries bunker and stores, the maximum weight that a ship can actually carry is lower than its dead-weight tonnage.
• Very Large Crude Carrier

Oil tankers up to 300,000 dwt
• Ultra Large Crude Carrier

Oil tankers in excess of 300,000 dwt
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• Light tonnage

The total weight of the ship, when empty, measured by using the weight of the water being displaced.
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Size of Vessels
Displacement
• Displacement tonnage

The total weight of the ship, when fully loaded, measured by using the weight of the water being displaced.
Size of Vessels
Gross and Net Tonnage
• Gross Tonnage


The total volume of a ship’s carrying capacity, measured as the space available below deck, and expressed in hundreds of cubic feet. The Gross Tonnage is the basis upon which ships pay taxes or pay fees to transit through a canal. Only measures capacity below deck.
Size of Vessels
A Panamax Ship in the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal
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Types of Vessels
A Post-Panamax Container Ship
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