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Bulk Carriers - Terminology PDF
Bulk Carriers - Terminology PDF
Bulk carriers
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BULK CARRIERS
a ship constructed with a single
deck, top side tanks and hopper
side tanks in cargo spaces and
intended to primarily carry dry
cargo in bulk; an ore carrier; or
a combination carrier
dry bulk carrier is used to distinguish bulk carriers from bulk liquid
carriers such as:
oil,
chemical, or
liquefied petroleum gas carriers.
OBO - a bulk carrier which carries a combination of ore, bulk, and oil.
VLOC, ULOC, VLBC and ULBC - very large and ultra large ore and bulk
carriers.
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2. Hatch cover
4. Double bottom
Hopper hold found in bulk carriers; they 5. Lower hopper tank, for water
have the cut-away corners found in some ballast (lower side ballast tank in a
hoppers behind which are hoppered tanks bulk carrier, shaped & positioned to
used for ballast or for stability when carrying
certain cargo.
create a hopper form to the cargo hold).
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Topside tanks 4
4.
Deck hatchways 5
3. In general
2. 5.
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The International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC Code), & amendments to
SOLAS chapter VI to make the Code mandatory, were adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee
(MSC), 85th session, in 2008.
The IMSBC Code replaces the Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (BC Code), which
was first adopted as a recommendatory code in 1965 and has been updated at regular
intervals since then.
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The Code
highlights the dangers associated with the shipment of certain types of bulk cargoes,
gives guidance on various procedures which should be adopted;
lists typical products which are shipped in bulk,
gives advice on their properties & how they should be handled, and
describes various test procedures which should be employed to determine the characteristic
cargo properties.
The Code contains a number of general precautions & says it is of fundamental importance
that bulk cargoes be properly distributed throughout the ship so that the structure is not
overstressed and the ship has an adequate standard of stability. Code of Practice for the safe
loading and unloading of bulk carriers (resolution A.862(20).
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Cargo weight
Buoyancy force