Boats & ships

Boats & ships

Of or relating to transportation vessels that can travel over water.

Industry: Transportation

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Ore-oil carrier

Transportation; Boats & ships

A ship designed to carry either ore or oil in bulk.

A large ship designed to be used for the carriage of ore. Because of the high density of ore, ore carriers have a relatively high centre of gravity to prevent them from rolling heavily at sea with ...

Operator

Transportation; Boats & ships

The holder of a freight contract with a cargo shipper.

Open registry

Transportation; Boats & ships

Also described as "flag of convenience" or "flag of necessity" to denote registry in a country which offers favourable tax, regulatory, and other incentives to ship owners from other nations.

Open rates

Transportation; Boats & ships

A pricing systems that are flexible and not subject to conference approval. Usually applied to products in which tramps are substituted for liners.

Oil tanker

Transportation; Boats & ships

A ship designed for the carriage of oil in bulk, her cargo space consisting of several or many tanks. Tankers load their cargo by gravity from the shore or by shore pumps and discharge using their ...