Vessel Types for Cargo Chartering from Asia

Bulk carriers

For grain, coal, fertilizers, minerals, ores, salt and other dry bulk cargoes.

Designed to carry dry bulk cargoes in unpackaged form, loaded and discharged through deck hatch openings.

• Large single-deck cargo holds, box-shaped on many designs
• Cargo loaded through deck hatch openings
• Cargo handling by shore grabs, vessel cranes, conveyors or terminal equipment, depending on vessel and port facilities
• Geared and gearless vessels, depending on the terminal
• Wide range of sizes, from coasters to Capesize

• Coal
• Iron ore
• Grain
• Cement
• Other dry bulk cargoes: bauxite, salt, fertilizers and similar

Hold suitability, tank-top strength, cargo-handling method and the applicable IMSBC Code schedule are checked against the particular cargo before fixing.

Multi-purpose vessels

For project cargo chartering, heavy equipment, machinery and mixed breakbulk parcels where flexible deck and hold configurations are required.

Designed for mixed breakbulk, project cargo, steel products, machinery, timber and other non-containerized cargoes.

• Vessel cranes with capacities depending on vessel design; some units offer combinable heavy-lift capacity
• Large and flexible cargo holds with tweendeck arrangements
• Suitable for heavy, oversized and mixed cargo parcels
• Stowage in holds, in tweendecks or on deck
• Suitable for regional and long-distance voyages, subject to vessel trading limits and availability

• Project cargo
• Heavy and oversized cargoes
• Mixed breakbulk parcels
• Steel products
• Machinery
• Timber

Combined lifting capacity must not be confused with the safe working load of each individual crane.

Ro-Ro, Ro-Lo and Lo-Lo handling

For wheeled machinery, buses and cargoes suitable for roll-on/roll-off, combined or lifting operations.

Carriage of wheeled cargo, trailers, trucks, buses, machinery and other rolling units.

Three handling modes are distinguished:

• Ro-Ro — loading and discharging through the vessel’s ramp
• Ro-Lo — combined handling by ramp and by crane
• Lo-Lo — vertical crane handling only, also relevant for buses and machinery

• Trucks
• Trailers
• Buses
• Cars
• Wheeled machinery
• Project cargo on MAFI and roll trailers

Availability depends on the required route, vessel schedule and port ramp facilities. Unit dimensions and weight, operational condition, ramp angle and ramp SWL, and battery or dangerous-goods documentation where applicable are checked before fixing.