How merchant ships operate (version 1)
- 1. HOW MERCHANT SHIPS OPERATE (VERSION 1) Written by Gian Yekti W
- 2. MERCHANT SHIPS ARE DESIGNED TO CARRY CARGO. SOME ARE ALSO DESIGNED TO CARRY PASSENGERS. NOWDAYS MOST MERCHANT SHIPS ARE BUILT TO CARRY CARGO. A FEW STILL CARRY PASSENGERS. MERCHANT VESSELS CAN OPERATE IN THE FOLLOWING THREE BASIC WAYS.
- 3. THEY CAN OPERATE AS LINERS. LINERS ARE EMPLOYED ON REGULAR ROUTES ON A FIXED TIMETABLE. A LIST OF THEIR ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE DATES IS PUBLISHED IN ADVANCE. THEY SAIL WHETHER THEY ARE FULL OR NOT.
- 4. MERCHANT VESSELS CAN ALSO OPERATE AS TRAMPS. TRAMPS DO NOT SAIL ON REGULAR ROUTES. THEY DO NOT KEEP TO A FIXED TIMETABLE. THEY ARE EMPLOYED IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD WHERE THERE IS CARGO FOR THEM TO CARRY.
- 5. A LARGE NUMBER OF MERCHANT SHIPS OPERATE AS SPECIALIZED VESSELS. THESE ARE DESIGNED TO CARRY A PARTICULAR TYPE OF CARGO.
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