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In order to stow the cargo on a vessel, planners have specific computer programs to aid them. Planners use ports of call and vessel schedule to adjust vessel's route in the planning program. To plan the stowing the following parameters are essential: [4] [5] Vessel route; Ports of call; Vessel schedule
Bulk carrier 32,714 Hijacked by pirates of the coast of Somalia in March 2024. [1] Banglar Samriddhi: Bangladesh Shipping Corporation: 2018 LR-class bulk carrier: 25,818 Struck by a missile in the Black Sea during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, later abandoned. [2] Hope: Trade Bridge Shipping 1990 General cargo ship 5,550
The stowage factor also depends on the type of packaging, being the lowest for unpackaged bulk cargo. While most commonly used for dry bulk cargo, a stowage factor can also be calculated for liquid bulk cargo and other commodities such as containers or cars. Stowage factors for several types of cargo are presented in the following table. [1]
In container shipping, stowage planning refers to the arrangement of containers on board a container vessel. The stowage of a container ship involves different objectives, such as to optimize the available space and prevent damage to the goods, and more importantly, to minimize the time the vessel spends at the port terminal.
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.
A cargo vessel from Pakistan’s Karachi has docked at Bangladesh’s southeastern coast, marking the first-ever direct maritime contact between the two countries since the 1971 Bangladesh ...
The stowage of bulk grain cargoes, including vessel suitability and arrangements. The stowage of explosives, and packaged and bulk hazardous cargoes in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations , including pre-loading and shipboard temperatures and the loading and stowage of metal borings, shavings, turnings and cuttings.
The onboard loading computer MACS3 is being used in a wide range of container vessels, multipurpose vessels, bulk carriers, tanker vessels, roro vessels and passenger vessels. Its ship library includes more than 7,500 ship profiles. For the container vessel segment, MACS3 holds a share of approximately 65%.