Talk:Cargo ship

M/V
There is a redirect from M/V to this article, which I followed from New Carissa to see what it meant. This article doesn't obviously mention M/V, and the ship prefix article is a bit murky. Does M/V mean motor vessel, marine vessel, or merchant vessel? —EncMstr 18:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey! I came here to ask the same thing! If M/V redirects here, the article needs to explain it. What does M/V stand for? Kingturtle (talk) 01:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * M/V or MV stands for motor vessel. Just as SS stands for steam ship. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 16:07, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Question
Does anyone know roughly how many crew members are required to operate each category of ship size? 76.185.216.153 (talk) 23:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Revertion
This section was reverted, please reinsert:

Types
Specialized types of cargo vessels include container ships and bulk carriers (technically tankers of all sizes are cargo ships, although they are routinely thought of as a separate category).

Also, cargo ships with passenger accomodation exist. These vessels usually take no more than 12 passengers along and the passenger cabins have shower and toilet. Dinner is served in the regular mess hall (along with the ships crew). Some shipping companies providing passenger transport (in the Netherlands/Belgium) on cargo vessels include Anthony Veder, Nederlands Transport Bureau, Deckers & Wirtz, Grisar & Velge, VCK Zeereizen, PSAL, ... Unlike popular belief however, it is not a cheap mode of transport, with prices ranging between 75-100$ a day (and the ship travels slow; a voyage completely around the world would take 15 weeks). Travelling along on the vessel as a working passenger is virtually impossible (as captains deny anyone without a sailing permit).

Also add following link: wikitravel.org/en/Freighter_travel

Piracy
The Malacca Straits are no longer regarded as being at risk for piracy. The problem of pirates based in the Horn of Africa continues to plague navigation in the entire Indian Ocean. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 16:12, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

large cargo ship to ever dock in America
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-big-ship-20120317,0,3028223.story Doesn't say the tonnage though. Perhaps a bit could be added how ports are being enlarged to handle the new larger ships.  D r e a m Focus  20:47, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Efficiency improvements
Perhaps the improvements noted at http://www.shippingefficiency.org can be mentioned ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.182.29.215 (talk) 08:42, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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Switching of fuel oil types and pollution
I can't find references, but I know that ships switch between different types of fuel depending on laws and distance from the coast, precisely to limit environmental impact. This information should be added to the Pollution section, or to the Fuel oil article (in section 6 Environmental issues, there is indeed a reference to territorial waters). MARPOL makes reference to this changeover procedure.

Related:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARPOL_73/78 ("Amended Regulation 14 concerns mandatory fuel oil change over procedures for vessels entering or leaving SECA areas and FO sulphur limits. ")
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_shipping
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_oil
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_fuel_management

I've added the relevant related articles

alex (talk) 09:01, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Ship Prefixes
The section on ship prefixes seems irrelevant. If no one objects I'll remove it in ~7 days. I also added a link to the main article in there today. When I delete said section I'll add said article to the "See Also" section. Best regards, --5cardz (talk) 14:09, 3 May 2021 (UTC)