August 24, 2015

Wheelhouse

 
August 24, 2015

Terminology: Various Ship Types

Hundreds of different types of cargo are moved by ship and therefore, a number of types of ship have been designed to carry the cargoes. Some are designed to carry containers filled with all sorts of cargo – bales of wool, drums of chemicals, boxes of car parts, cartons of […]
September 29, 2015

Dredgers

In all ports, sand/mud accumulates and needs to be removed by specially designed ships called dredgers that suck up the sand from the bottom of the harbour, and carry it out to sea where it is dumped. These are known as suction dredgers. Some ports do not have much sand […]