A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo—such as grain, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement—in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, economic forces have led to increased size and sophistication of these ships.

2024年11月1日 · Bulk vessel dimensions play a crucial role in determining a ship’s performance, cargo capacity, and suitability for specific routes. Key dimensions include Length Overall (LOA), Beam (width), and Draft.

2024年6月13日 · Bulk carriers are ships that transport unpacked or loose cargo as raw materials including grains, ores, coal, cement etc in their cargo holds. This cargo is used to manufacture essential products that we use in our everyday lives.

2025年2月3日 · Bulk Carrier Ship Sub-Classes. Supramax Bulk Carriers: (50,000-60,000 DWT): Supramax Bulk Carriers are strongly favored by charterers due to the larger cargo carrying capacities and cranes. Supramax Bulk Carriers operate in a considerably wider range of world ports and terminals.

2019年6月30日 · Vessels that ply loose cargo loads in bulk quantities across oceanic channels are referred to as bulk carriers. The idea of a bulk carrier to transport important food grains, ores and minerals date back to the 1850s.

Bulk carriers are a type of cargo ship that transports unpackaged bulk cargo. For ships that have sailed under multiple names, their most recent name is used and former names are listed in the Notes section.

2025年2月2日 · A Capesize bulk carrier is a type of large cargo ship specially designed to transport bulk cargo, such as iron ore, coal, grain, or other commodities. The term “Capesize” is used because these ships were traditionally too large to transit through the canals of Panama or Suez, so they had to sail around the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn ...

2025年1月2日 · Dry bulk carriers, bulkers, or bulk freighters – are vessels for the transportation of only unpackaged bulk cargo in holds (without containers) or simultaneously in combination with liquid cargo. New technologies allow naval architects to make them as spacious, safe, and durable as possible.

2020年10月8日 · Bulk carriers, also known as bulkers, are ships that transport unpackaged bulk cargo across bodies of water. In short, you use a bulk carrier when it’s time to move tons and tons of one commodity. An example of typical bulk cargo material that bulkers will transport includes grains, coal, metal ore, steel coils, and cement.

2024年8月20日 · A bulk carrier, bulk carrier ship, bulker, or bulk freighter is a type of merchant vessel that transports dry goods in bulk that are not packed into containers, drums or other packaging. We're talking about cargo such as grain, cement, coal, sand, ore, and even sugar.