What are bulk cargoes? What is a bulk ship?

At present, bulk carriers are a means of transportation that play an important role in waterway transport. So what is bulk cargo? What is a bulk ship? Let's find the answers to these questions with LEC Group's water transport experts through this article!

What is bulk cargo?

Bulk cargoes can be interpreted as buckets, normally not packed, packed or packed. For goods of this type will be directly stored through the cargo holds of trucks, trains or ships.

Hàng rời là gì?

Bulk cargo is classified into 2 groups as follows:

• Group 1: solid bulk cargo with a combination of small particles, small particles or dry cargo. This type of bulk cargo will be transported in large and large quantities on board such as food, flour, bulk grains, coffee, agricultural products, stones, materials, etc.

• Group 2: loose bulk cargoes with commodities such as petroleum, chemicals, water, crude oil, etc. are transported by tankers, ships, trains, ensuring safety.

What is a bulk ship?

In addition to understanding what is the concept of bulk cargo? It is also necessary to have your knowledge about bulk ships.

A bulk cargo ship is a ship with a large capacity operating in the transport of goods in the world. This type of vessel can help transport bulk, dry cargoes (bulk cargo) such as coal, sulfur, iron ore, agricultural products, unpacked scrap, and packages. These goods will be stored directly into the ship's waterproof cargo compartments.

Tàu chở hàng rời là gì?

In addition, there are also specialized ships for bulk cargo. This is a single deck boat, with a solid structure. There are side safes and hangers-on both sides of the cargo hold to reduce the surface of the cargo hold and make it easier to adjust the center of focus when needed. Specialized bulk carriers usually have a wide mouth, convenient for loading and unloading. A special feature is that the cargo hold of this ship is always machined to withstand the impact of goods and equipment when handling goods.

Types of bulk carriers currently

Currently, there are 2 types of bulk carriers:

• Bulk cargo ships with cranes: accommodating nearly 25,000 DWT, with ships up to 75,000 DWT. Or ships with an average capacity of 75,000 DWT and ships of up to 200,000 DWT.

Tàu chở hàng rời là gì?

• Bulk carriers without gearboxes: the size and capacity of these cargo range from 20,000 DWT to 200,000 DWT.

With the sharing of bulk and bulk carriers from LEC Group's water transportation experts above. We hope that you have a comprehensive view of bulk cargo as well as bulk carriers. Currently, LEC Group is proud to be the leading provider of port and shipping services in Vietnam. Please contact us from today to receive the best support!

LEC GROUP

Head Office: Road 4, Phu My 1 Industrial Zone, Phu My Ward, Phu My Town, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam.

Add: No. 28 Thao Dien Street, Thao Dien ward, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.

Hotline: (+84) 909 800 136 & (+84) 901 388 136.

Email: info@lecvietnam.com & thao.nguyen@lecvietnam.com

Website: https://lecvietnam.com/