SHIP GROUP

Each ship type is to a high degree built with particular products, service functions and trade patterns in mind. This is to make the performance of services and the transport of products on the individual trade lanes as efficient as possible.
The major product groups are liquid bulk , dry bulk , containers , vehicles and passengers. In addition there are a large number of vessels which perform services rather than transporting products. The principal types of merchant vessels belong to the groups of tanker vessels, dry bulk vessels, container ships, Ro-Ro vessels. Apart from passenger and cruise vessels, offshore vessels and the principal groups of merchant vessels, there are a great number of lesser known vessel groups. These include e.g. heavy lift vessels, floating cranes, livestock carriers, multi-purpose vessels, fishing vessels, icebreakers, dredgers, tugs and pilot/rescue vessels.