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For the tugboat, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Empire_ships_(B)" title="List of Empire ships (B)">ST Merchantman</a>. For the cargo aircraft variant, see <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vanguard" title="Vickers Vanguard">Vickers Vanguard</a>.</span></div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wenceslas_Hollar_-_A_Flute_(State_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Wenceslas_Hollar_-_A_Flute_%28State_2%29.jpg/220px-Wenceslas_Hollar_-_A_Flute_%28State_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Wenceslas_Hollar_-_A_Flute_%28State_2%29.jpg/330px-Wenceslas_Hollar_-_A_Flute_%28State_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Wenceslas_Hollar_-_A_Flute_%28State_2%29.jpg/440px-Wenceslas_Hollar_-_A_Flute_%28State_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5703" data-file-height="3567" /></a><figcaption>Historical merchant trading ship: a Dutch <a href="/wiki/Fluyt" title="Fluyt">fluyt</a> cargo vessel from the late 17th century</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>merchant ship</b>, <b>merchant vessel</b>, <b>trading vessel</b>, or <b>merchantman</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Watercraft" title="Watercraft">watercraft</a> that transports <a href="/wiki/Cargo" title="Cargo">cargo</a> or carries <a href="/wiki/Passenger" title="Passenger">passengers</a> for hire. This is in contrast to <a href="/wiki/Boating" title="Boating">pleasure craft</a>, which are used for personal recreation, and <a href="/wiki/Naval_ship" title="Naval ship">naval ships</a>, which are used for military purposes. </p><p>They come in myriad sizes and shapes, from six-metre (20 ft) inflatable <a href="/wiki/Dive_boat" title="Dive boat">dive boats</a> in Hawaii, to 5,000-passenger <a href="/wiki/Riverboat_casino" title="Riverboat casino">casino vessels</a> on the Mississippi River, to <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tugboats</a> plying <a href="/wiki/New_York_Harbor" title="New York Harbor">New York Harbor</a>, to 300-metre (1,000 ft) oil tankers and <a href="/wiki/Container_ship" title="Container ship">container ships</a> at major ports, to passenger-carrying <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarines</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many merchant ships operate under a "<a href="/wiki/Flags_of_convenience" class="mw-redirect" title="Flags of convenience">flag of convenience</a>" from a country other than the home of the vessel's owners, such as <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Liberia" title="Transport in Liberia">Liberia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Panama" title="Transport in Panama">Panama</a>, which have more favorable maritime laws than other countries. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Greek_Merchant_Marine" title="Greek Merchant Marine">Greek merchant marine</a> is the largest in the world. Today, the Greek fleet accounts for some 16 per cent of the world's <a href="/wiki/Tonnage" title="Tonnage">tonnage</a>; this makes it currently the largest single international merchant fleet in the world, albeit not the largest in history.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During wars, merchant ships may be used as auxiliaries to the <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">navies</a> of their respective countries, and are called upon to deliver <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> personnel and <a href="/wiki/Materiel" title="Materiel">materiel</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Empty_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section is empty.</b> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definitions">Definitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Definitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "commercial vessel" is defined by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> as any vessel (i.e. boat or ship) engaged in commercial <a href="/wiki/Trade" title="Trade">trade</a> or that carries passengers for hire. </p><p>In English, the term "Merchant Navy" without further clarification is used to refer to the <a href="/wiki/British_Merchant_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="British Merchant Navy">British Merchant Navy</a>; the United States merchant fleet is known as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">United States Merchant Marine</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_prefixes">Name prefixes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Name prefixes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ship_prefix" title="Ship prefix">Ship prefix</a></div> <p>Merchant ships' names have a prefix to indicate which kind of vessel they are:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>CS</b> = Cable Ship/<a href="/wiki/Cable_layer" title="Cable layer">Cable layer</a></li> <li><b>LNG</b> = Gas carrier transporting <a href="/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas" title="Liquefied natural gas">liquefied natural gas</a></li> <li><b>LPG</b> = <a href="/wiki/Gas_carrier" title="Gas carrier">Gas carrier</a> transporting <a href="/wiki/Liquefied_petroleum_gas" title="Liquefied petroleum gas">liquefied petroleum gas</a></li> <li><b>MFV</b> = Motor Fishing Vessel</li> <li><b>MS</b> = <a href="/wiki/Motorship" class="mw-redirect" title="Motorship">Motorship</a></li> <li><b>MSV</b> = Motor Stand-by Vessel</li> <li><b>MT</b> = <a href="/wiki/Motor_Tanker" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Tanker">Motor Tanker</a> or Motor Tug Boat</li> <li><b>MV</b> = Motor/Merchant Vessel</li> <li><b>MY</b> = <a href="/wiki/Motor_Yacht" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Yacht">Motor Yacht</a></li> <li><b>NS</b> = <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear Ship">Nuclear Ship</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>RMS</b> = <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mail_Ship" title="Royal Mail Ship">Royal Mail Ship</a></li> <li><b>RRS</b> = <a href="/wiki/Royal_Research_Ship" title="Royal Research Ship">Royal Research Ship</a></li> <li><b>RV</b> = <a href="/wiki/Research_Vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Research Vessel">Research Vessel</a></li> <li><b>SS</b> = <a href="/wiki/Steam_Ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Steam Ship">Steam Ship</a></li> <li><b>SV</b> = <a href="/wiki/Sailing_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Sailing vessel">Sailing vessel</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sailing_ship" title="Sailing ship">Sailing Vessel</a> (although these can be sub coded as type of sailing vessel)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merchant_ship_categories">Merchant ship categories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Merchant ship categories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Car_carrier_Galaxy_Leader.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Car_carrier_Galaxy_Leader.jpg/220px-Car_carrier_Galaxy_Leader.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Car_carrier_Galaxy_Leader.jpg/330px-Car_carrier_Galaxy_Leader.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Car_carrier_Galaxy_Leader.jpg/440px-Car_carrier_Galaxy_Leader.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1409" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Roll-on/roll-off" title="Roll-on/roll-off">Roll-on/roll-off</a> vessel <i><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_Leader" title="Galaxy Leader">Galaxy Leader</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/UNCTAD_review_of_maritime_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="UNCTAD review of maritime transport">UNCTAD review of maritime transport</a> categorizes ships as: oil tankers, bulk (and combination) carriers, general cargo ships, container ships, and "other ships", which includes "liquefied petroleum gas carriers, liquefied natural gas carriers, parcel (chemical) tankers, specialized tankers, reefers, offshore supply, tugs, dredgers, cruise, ferries, other non-cargo". General cargo ships include "multi-purpose and project vessels and <a href="/wiki/Roll-on/roll-off" title="Roll-on/roll-off">Roll-on/roll-off</a> cargo".<sup id="cite_ref-UNCTAD_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNCTAD-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cargo_ship">Cargo ship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cargo ship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">Cargo ship</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Namibia_(2007).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Namibia_%282007%29.jpg/220px-Namibia_%282007%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Namibia_%282007%29.jpg/330px-Namibia_%282007%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Namibia_%282007%29.jpg/440px-Namibia_%282007%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2817" data-file-height="1876" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/General_cargo" class="mw-redirect" title="General cargo">General cargo</a> vessel <i>Namibia</i></figcaption></figure> <p>A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">ship</a> or vessel that carries <a href="/wiki/Cargo" title="Cargo">cargo</a>, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of <a href="/wiki/International_trade" title="International trade">international trade</a>. Cargo ships are usually specially designed for the task, often being equipped with <a href="/wiki/Crane_(machine)" title="Crane (machine)">cranes</a> and other mechanisms to load and unload, and come in all sizes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bulk_carrier">Bulk carrier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bulk carrier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bulk_carrier" title="Bulk carrier">Bulk carrier</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sabrina_I.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sabrina_I.jpg/220px-Sabrina_I.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sabrina_I.jpg/330px-Sabrina_I.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sabrina_I.jpg/440px-Sabrina_I.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1649" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bulk_carrier" title="Bulk carrier">Bulk carrier</a> <i>Sabrina I</i></figcaption></figure> <p>A bulk carrier is a <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">ship</a> used to transport <a href="/wiki/Bulk_cargo" title="Bulk cargo">bulk cargo</a> items such as <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a>, bauxite, coal, cement, grain and similar cargo. Bulk carriers can be recognized by large box-like hatches on deck, designed to slide outboard or fold fore-and-aft to enable access for loading or discharging cargo. The dimensions of bulk carriers are often determined by the ports and sea routes that they need to serve, and by the maximum width of the Panama Canal. Most lakes are too small to accommodate bulk carriers, but a large fleet of <a href="/wiki/Lake_freighter" title="Lake freighter">lake freighters</a> has been plying the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_Seaway" title="St. Lawrence Seaway">St. Lawrence Seaway</a> of <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> for over a century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Container_ship">Container ship</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Container ship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Container_ship" title="Container ship">Container ship</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colombo.Express.wmt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Colombo.Express.wmt.jpg/220px-Colombo.Express.wmt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Colombo.Express.wmt.jpg/330px-Colombo.Express.wmt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Colombo.Express.wmt.jpg/440px-Colombo.Express.wmt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1748" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Container_ship" title="Container ship">Container ship</a><i> <a href="/wiki/Colombo_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombo Express">Colombo Express</a></i> built in 2005</figcaption></figure><p>A container ship is a cargo ship that carries its cargo in standardized containers, in a technique called <a href="/wiki/Containerization" title="Containerization">containerization</a>. These ships are a common means of commercial <a href="/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport" title="Intermodal freight transport">intermodal freight transport</a>. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tanker">Tanker</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tanker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tanker_(ship)" title="Tanker (ship)">Tanker (ship)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Supertanker_AbQaiq.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Supertanker_AbQaiq.jpg/220px-Supertanker_AbQaiq.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Supertanker_AbQaiq.jpg/330px-Supertanker_AbQaiq.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Supertanker_AbQaiq.jpg/440px-Supertanker_AbQaiq.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="436" /></a><figcaption>Crude oil <a href="/wiki/Supertanker" class="mw-redirect" title="Supertanker">supertanker</a> <i>AbQaiq</i></figcaption></figure> <p>A tanker is a <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">ship</a> designed to transport <a href="/wiki/Liquids" class="mw-redirect" title="Liquids">liquids</a> in bulk. Tankers can range in size from several hundred <a href="/wiki/Tonnage" title="Tonnage">tons</a>, designed to serve small harbours and coastal settlements, to several hundred thousand tons, with these being designed for long-range haulage. A wide range of products are carried by tankers, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydrocarbon" title="Hydrocarbon">hydrocarbon</a> products such as <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">oil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liquified_petroleum_gas" class="mw-redirect" title="Liquified petroleum gas">LPG</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas" title="Liquefied natural gas">LNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_substance" title="Chemical substance">chemicals</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Ammonia" title="Ammonia">ammonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chlorine" title="Chlorine">chlorine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Styrene" title="Styrene">styrene monomer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresh_water" title="Fresh water">fresh water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a></li></ul> <p>Different products require different handling and transport, thus special types of tankers have been built, such as <a href="/wiki/Chemical_tanker" title="Chemical tanker">chemical tankers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oil_tanker" title="Oil tanker">oil tankers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gas_carrier" title="Gas carrier">gas carriers</a>. </p><p>Among oil tankers, <a href="/wiki/Supertanker" class="mw-redirect" title="Supertanker">supertankers</a> were designed for carrying oil around the <a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>; the FSO <i><a href="/wiki/Knock_Nevis" class="mw-redirect" title="Knock Nevis">Knock Nevis</a></i> being the largest vessel in the world, a ULCC <a href="/wiki/Supertanker" class="mw-redirect" title="Supertanker">supertanker</a> formerly known as <i>Jahre Viking</i> (Seawise Giant). It has a deadweight of 565,000 metric tons and length of about 458 meters (1,500 ft). The use of such large ships is in fact very unprofitable, due to the inability to operate them at full cargo capacity; hence, the production of <a href="/wiki/Supertankers" class="mw-redirect" title="Supertankers">supertankers</a> has currently ceased. Today's largest oil tankers in comparison by gross tonnage are <i>TI Europe</i>, <i>TI Asia</i>, <i>TI Oceania</i>, which are the largest sailing vessels today. But even with their deadweight of 441,585 metric tons, sailing as VLCC most of the time, they do not use more than 70% of their total capacity. </p><p>Apart from <a href="/wiki/Pipeline_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipeline transport">pipeline transport</a>, tankers are the only method for transporting large quantities of oil, although such tankers have caused large environmental disasters when sinking close to coastal regions, causing <a href="/wiki/Oil_spill" title="Oil spill">oil spills</a>. See <a href="/wiki/MV_Braer" title="MV Braer"><i>Braer</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Erika_(tanker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Erika (tanker)">Erika</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Exxon_Valdez" title="Exxon Valdez">Exxon Valdez</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Prestige_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prestige (ship)">Prestige</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/SS_Torrey_Canyon" title="SS Torrey Canyon"><i>Torrey Canyon</i></a> for examples of tankers that have been involved in oil spills. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coastal_trading_vessel">Coastal trading vessel</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Coastal trading vessel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Coastal_trading_vessel" title="Coastal trading vessel">Coastal trading vessel</a></div> <p>Coastal trading vessels are smaller ships that carry any category of cargo along coastal, rather than trans-oceanic, routes. Coasters are shallow-hulled <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">ships</a> used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls allow them to sail over <a href="/wiki/Reef" title="Reef">reefs</a> and other submerged navigation hazards, whereas ships designed for blue-water trade usually have much deeper hulls for better <a href="/wiki/Seakeeping" title="Seakeeping">seakeeping</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Passenger_ship">Passenger ship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merchant_ship&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Passenger ship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Cruise_ship" title="Cruise ship">Cruise ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ferry" title="Ferry">Ferry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ocean_liner" title="Ocean liner">Ocean liner</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Passenger_ship" title="Passenger ship">Passenger ship</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ocean_Countess_(2012).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ocean_Countess_%282012%29.jpg/220px-Ocean_Countess_%282012%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ocean_Countess_%282012%29.jpg/330px-Ocean_Countess_%282012%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ocean_Countess_%282012%29.jpg/440px-Ocean_Countess_%282012%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Cruise ship <i><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Countess" title="Ocean Countess">Ocean Countess</a></i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Avalon_Expression_(ship,_2013)_011.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Avalon_Expression_%28ship%2C_2013%29_011.JPG/220px-Avalon_Expression_%28ship%2C_2013%29_011.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Avalon_Expression_%28ship%2C_2013%29_011.JPG/330px-Avalon_Expression_%28ship%2C_2013%29_011.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Avalon_Expression_%28ship%2C_2013%29_011.JPG/440px-Avalon_Expression_%28ship%2C_2013%29_011.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5863" data-file-height="2925" /></a><figcaption>River cruise ship, <i>Avalon Expression</i></figcaption></figure> <p>A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include <a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">cargo vessels</a> which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the formerly ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters in which the transport of passengers is secondary to the carriage of freight. The type does however include many classes of ships which are designed to transport substantial numbers of passengers as well as freight. Indeed, until recently virtually all <a href="/wiki/Ocean_liner" title="Ocean liner">ocean liners</a> were able to transport mail, package freight and express, and other cargo in addition to passenger luggage, and were equipped with <a href="/wiki/Hold_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hold (ship)">cargo holds</a> and derricks, kingposts, or other cargo-handling gear for that purpose. 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