Until the 1950s, the cargo containers and goods were held together with sheets, tarps and lists. The ships have large storage spaces that are divided into cells with auxiliary rails – usually the cargo hold below the deck and/or an open floor space above the deck, where the containers are loaded onto.Ĭargo holds and their hatches have been built with special attention to quick loading and unloading of containers. Dry cargo includes the so-called bulk cargo (unpackaged materials in large quantities – grains, coal, etc.) as well as breakbulk cargo (separately packed bulk goods, barrels, moving goods, etc.). ![]() Sirrah under loading at the port of Oulu in July 2012.Ĭontainer ships are cargo ships that have their dry cargo packed into standard shipping containers (TEU).
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