Types of ships

BI The Norwegian Shipping Academy

Audited 08092004 by Anne Hennum
Types of ships
• Aframax - (American Freight Rate Association) – appr.
80.000 -105.000 dwt – standard size tanker

• “Moscow” Aframax-class, was built on demand for The Novorossiysk

Shipping Company of NKK i Japan i 1998:
Types of ships
• Stand-by Vessel – Ship stationed close
to an installation with the main purpose
evacuating crew in an emergancy.Also
carrying out guard duty keeping other
vessels at distance from the
installation.

• See picture: Under dangerous weather

conditions this type of ship are able to
haul lifeboats directly on board
through a special slipway aft for 370
persons.
• Stril Poseidon are owned by Simon
Møkster Shipping
Types of ships
• Drill ship (Boreskip) – Vessels carrying out
drilling operations, equipped with drilling rig
and its own propulsion machinery.

• Keept in position by dynamic positioning

equipment.Operates at sea depths with a
max. of 2.000 meters.

• Drill ship in the harbour of Sandnessjøen.

• Photo: Johansen:
Types of ships
• Bulk carrier (Bulkskip) – Single deck vessel carrying
homogenous unpacked cargoes. Some are built only for the
transport of coal, ore, grains, paper, timber etc.

• Open Hatch Bulk Carrier:

© Kristian Gerhard Jebsens Rederi

 Types of ships

• Bulk/oil carrier (Bulktankskip) –

Multipurpose vessel built to carry
cargoes of coal as well as oil.

• Most bulk-oil carriers are

reinforced to carry ores and are
called OBO-ship (Ore/Bulk/Oil)e
then called OBO-ships
(ore/bulk/oil).

• Photo © : Ole Jakob Dingen

Types of ships
• Capesize – These ships are to large to navigate the Panama
Canal, 80.000 up to 175.000 dwt, width 42 up to 46 meters
(The Panama canal are 32,2 in width) these ships are forced to
pass Cape Horn.
 Types of ships
Containerskip fra Odense
• Container vessel – Ship specially Staalskibsværft:
designed to carry standard
containers.
• Are also called cellular
containerships.A large amount of the
capacity contains of containers that
are carried on deck. Containers are
lifted onboard and on shore by special
cranes(a lo-lo-ship).
• Containerships are generally line
vessels and are relatively fast. There
are a lot of bulk-containerships
(conbulkers), specially adjusted.
Types of ships
• Drilling Tender – Service vessel with Personell and
equipment to the drilling rig.
Types of ships
• Drill ship (Borefartøy) – Vessel carrying out drilling
operation
Types of ships
• Diving Support Vessel (Dykkerfartøy) – Ship with diving
equipment onboard for special assignments involving diving.
Some are also fitted with sub-sea robots (Remote
Operated Vehicle - ROV).
Types of ships
• Feeder vessel – Short-sea vessel used to fetch and carry
goods and containers to and from deep-sea vessels.
Types of ships
• Flo-flo-ship – Special vessels which may be submerged to
allow the floating on or off of cargo for jack up-platforms
which may be carried “piggy-back” fashion on a flo-flo-
ship.(has the ability to “lower it self” i.e. to make it
possible for jack up-platforms to float in on deck).
Types of ships
• Supply vessel (Forsyningsskip) – Vessels transporting
stores and equipment to platforms or installations during
building or the production phase. Are often called Straight
Supply, or Platform Supply Vessel (PSV).

• Supply ship from Brevik Construction to S.Ugelstad Shipping:M/S «SKANDI

WAVENEY»:
 Types of ships
• Reefers (Frys/Kjøleskip) –
Vessels with refrigerated
cargo holds

• A conventional reefer (Nordland

Saga) loading frozen fish at
Shetland:

• Sidegateship, Framnes owned by

Fjord1 Fylkesbaatane i S&F:
Types of ships
• Gas tanker – Special vessel for
transport of liquid/condensed gas. The
most important cargoes are:
• Ammonia.
• Ethylene.
• LNG - Liquefied Natural Gas, contains
mostly of methane).
• LPG - Liquefied Petroleum Gases
(propane, butane).

LNG tanker for Snøhvit. Ill: Statoil:

Types of ships
• Handymax – Dry cargo bulk vessel appr. 35.000 - 50.000
dwt.
Types of ships
• Handysize – Dry cargo bulk vessel or product tanker at
15.000 - 50.000 dwt.
Types of ships
• HSLC - High Speed Light Craft (hurtigbåt)
Types of ships
• HSS – High speed Sea Service – Fast ferry conceptwith
double or multihull with carying capacity up to 1500
passengers and 400 cars.
Types of ships
• Chemical tankers/Special
tankers for transportation of
bulk chemicals. Modern vessels
has as a rule stainless steel
tanks and may carry a lot of
different cargoes
simultaneouslys because each
tank has its own pump and
pipeline system for loading and
discharging.

• Kleven Florø has delivered the chemical

tanker «Jo Sequoia» to the shipping
company Jo Tankers.
Types of ships
• Combination carriers (Kombinasjonsskip) – Vessels that
may transport both liquid and dry bulk cargoes. There are
two main types:
• Ore Carriers and Bulk-tanker ships
Types of ships
• Crane and Construction Vessel/Unit ( Kran-og
konstruksjons fartøy).- Usually a vessel a barge or a
semisubmersible equipped for construction and maintenance
of fixed installations. Often built with accommodation.
This unit may also be used as storage, water/electricity/
air pressure suppliers, offices, communication centre or
landing pod for helicopters etc.
Types of ships
LASH-vessel - Lighter Aboard Ship, i.e vessels which can
carry lighters piggy-back fashion.
Types of ships
• Lay Barge or Pipe Laying Barge – Vessels laying pipelines
on the seabed.
Types of ships
• Liners –serving a regular defined route or trade following
a published sailing schedule.
Tpes of ships
• Lo-lo-skip - Lift on-lift off-skip. Containers and other
goods are lifted on board and discharged by cranes.
Types of ships
Ore/oil carrier (Crane and Construction Vessel/Unit) –
Vessels with separate holds for ore cargoes.When vessel
carries oil the ore holds also may be filled with oil to
utilize the capacity to thefullest.
Types of ships
• Multipurpose ship (Stykkgodsskip) - General cargo ship
which can carry containers.
Types of ships
OBO-carrier - Oil-Bulk-Ore –
Vessels used for both dry
and liquid bulk, i.e. Ore
tanker/Bulk tanker.
Types of ships
• Offshore service vessels – Common term used for
specialized vessels used during the exploration,
development and production phase of oil and gas at sea.
Types of ships
• Oil-tanker – Vessel carrying crude oil or refined products.
If more than one type of goods are possible it is called
Parcel tanker.
• Shuttle tanker/Buoy-loader (Bøyelaster)– Vessel carrying
oil from oilfield to terminal. With interior coated tanks,
called Product carrier
Types of ships
• Panmax or Panamax – largest bulk carrier fully loaded that
(less than 32,2 m) are able to pass through the Panama
Canal (55.000 - 80.000 dwt.)
Types of ships
• Pipe-Laying Barge or Lay Barge – vessel constructed for
the laying of pipes on the seabed.
Types of ships
• Production Ship – specialized vessel pumping oil through
flexible pipelines from the seabed. During operation the
vessel are usually anchored to the bottom with a "turret"-
arrangement.
Vargfeltet are built with a production vessel and a well platform.
 Types of ships
Ro-ro-ship (Roll on - Roll off) – Cargo are driven on board and ashore
by means of own machinery or by trucks. There are three main usages:
1. Ro-ro-skip for transport of cars (specialised: Pure Car Carrier - PCC),
and other “rolling” machinery.
2. Ro-ro-ship liners carries containers, pallets, flats or general cargo that
may be driven on board.
3. Ro-ro-ferries has a combination of trucks/lorries/cars and passengers.
Types of ships
• Seismic vessels – maps/charts geological structures at
seabed by using firing guns transmitting sound waves into
the sea bottom. Echoes are traced by hydrophones towedf
behind the vessel. Has an essential role in mapping where
to drill for oil.
Types of ships
• Anchor handling Tug - AHT
(Separate/ankerhåndteringsfartøy) - performs moving of
anchors and tugging drilling installations, barges etc. May
be combined supply vessel, and called Anchor handling
Tug/Supply (AHTS).
Types of ships
• Suezmax – Largest tanker to pass the Suez canal fully
loaded (120.000 - 165.000 dwt.)
Types of ships
• Tanker – Vessel carrying liquid bulk cargoes
Types of ships
• ULCC - Ultra Large Crude Carrier – Oil tanker at more
than 300.000 dwt.

ULCC vessel Jahre Viking at 564.763 dwt and with displacement at 647.955
tons built in 1979 at Sumitomo
Types of ships
• VLCC - Very Large Crude Carrier – Oil tanker between
200.000 dwt. and 300.000 dwt