1.1 Background: English For Maritime
1.1 Background: English For Maritime
1.1 Background: English For Maritime
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Indonesia is a country which has great maritime potential. It also called as one of the
world largest maritime countries, with some 5.8 million square kilometers of sea territory,
while its land territory covers only 1.9 million square kilometers. Its coastline is some 92
thousand kilometers long, making it the second-longest after Canada. The country is the
largest archipelagic nation in the world, as around 70 percent of its total territory is water, and
it has 17,480 islands. With this large maritime territory, Indonesia has great marine resource
such as biological diversity, fish and seafood supplies, oil and gas, minerals, sand and gravel,
renewable energy resources, tourism potential, and unique ecosystems like coral reefs.
Ship is an important element in marine industry which used to carry several things
such as resource, oil, food, sand, chemical, etc. Moreover ship also used to carry people from
other location to another. There are many types of ship which divided by what they carry. We
use tanker ship to carry oil, chemical, liquid industry, etc. Refrigerator ship used to carry
food, meat and dairy produce. As a citizen in the largest maritime country, it is important for
us to know the types of ship, their use and their characteristics.
DISCUSSION
Merchant Ship can be classified according to what the carry. Most are designed to
carry cargo, but a few still carry passenger. Thus Merchant Ship can be divided into two
types. They are cargo ship and passenger ship.
Cargo ships also can be divided by what they carry. There are two basic types of
cargo ship. One type carries dry cargo and the other carries liquid cargo.
There are four types of dry cargo: Multi-deck vessels, dry bulk cargo, container ship
and refrigerator ship. Multi-deck vessels are a traditional type of dry cargo ship. Their holds
are divided horizontally by one or two tween decks. Dry bulk cargo is carried in bulk carriers.
These do not have tween decks. Container ships are the most modern type of dry cargo
carrier. They carry containers of standard dimension. Fruit, meat and dairy produce are
carried in refrigerated ships.
We can divide liquid cargo into three types. The most common type is oil tankers.
They are often very large. Two other types of liquid bulk carrier of growing importance are
liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and chemical carriers.
In comparison with cargo vessels, passenger ships are fewer in number and type.
Passenger liners are traditional type of passenger ship. Nowadays their number has been
greatly reduced. Cruise ships are another type of passenger vessel. These are converted
passenger liners. Ferries are the most common type of passenger vessel. Many of them are
also designed to carry vehicles.
Dry cargo ships are used to carry solid dry goods that have a higher tolerance to heat
and cold, such as metal ores, coal, steel products, forest products, and grains. These vessels
are equipped with on-deck cranes and other mechanism for loading and unloading of goods.
As dry cargo shipment doesn’t require special types of precautions (as required for carrying
liquid and gases), bulk carriers and container ships don’t have onboard temperature control
equipment. Today, bulk of international trade is carried out by thousands of dry cargo carriers
transporting goods to ports across the world.
1. Geared bulk carriers are typically in the handysize to handymax size range although
there are a small number of geared panamax vessels (ship with size 60.000 to
80.000), like all bulkers they feature a series of holds covered by prominent hatch
covers. They have cranes, derricks or conveyors that allow them to load or discharge
cargo in ports without shore-based equipment. This gives geared bulkers flexibility in
the cargoes they can carry and the routes they can travel. (Photo: A typical geared
handysize bulk carrier.)
2. Combined carriers are designed to transport both liquid and dry bulk cargoes. If both
are carried simultaneously, they are segregated in separate holds and tanks. Combined
carriers require special design and are expensive. They were prevalent in the 1970s,
but their numbers have dwindled since 1990. (Photo: The oil pipeline and dry bulk
hold aboard the Maya.)
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3. Gearless carriers are bulkers without cranes or conveyors. These ships depend on
shore-based equipment at their ports of call for loading and discharging. They range
across all sizes, the larger bulk carriers (VLOCs) can only dock at the largest ports,
some of these are designed with a single port-to-port trade in mind. The use of
gearless bulkers avoids the costs of installing, operating, and maintaining cranes.
(Photo:Berge Athen, a 225,000 ton gearless bulker.)
Pict. 1.3
Pict. 1.4
5. Lakers are the bulkers prominent on the Great Lakes, often identifiable by having a
forward house which helps in transiting locks. Operating in fresh water, these ships
suffer much less corrosion damage and have a much longer lifespan than saltwater
ships. As of 2005, there were 98 lakers of 10,000 DWT or over.[32] (Photo: Edward
L. Ryerson, a Great Lakes bulker.)
Pict. 1.5
Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal
containers, in a technique called containerization. They are a common means of
commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.
Cargo that has been containerized is carried by container ships. Like tankers, container
ships are characterized by the absence of cargo handling gear, in their case reflecting the
Container ships require large hatches in the deck for stowing the cargo, which consists
of standardized containers usually either 20 or 40 feet in length. Containers are most often
measured in Twenty Feet Equivalent Units (TEU’s). Belowdecks, the ship is equipped
with a cellular grid of compartments called Rows, Bays and Tiers opening to the weather
deck; these are designed to receive the containers and hold them in place until unloading
is achieved at the port of destination.
The rows run abeam, or athwartship; the bays run fore and aft and the tiers are
horizontal layers. The three-figure code on each container refers to this stowage system.
The ship is filled to the deck level with containers, the hatches are closed, and one or two
layers of containers, depending upon the size and stability of the ship, are loaded on the
hatch covers on deck.
Refrigerated-cargo vessels are ships that carry perishable cargoes, such as meat or
fruit. These cargoes require cooling and must be stored in spaces that have precise
temperature and humidity controls during the voyage. Reefers as these ships are also called,
are equipped with refrigerating plants.
1. Side-door vessels have water tight ports on the ships hull, which open into a cargo
hold. Elevators or ramps leading from the quay serve as loading and discharging
access for the forklifts or conveyors. Inside these access ports or side doors, pallet lifts
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or another series of conveyors bring the cargo to the respective decks. This special
design makes the vessels particularly well suited for inclement weather operations as
the tops of the cargo holds are always closed against rain and sun.
2. Conventional vessels have a traditional cargo operation with top opening hatches and
cranes/derricks. On such ships, when facing wet weather, the hatches need to be
closed to prevent heavy rain from flooding the holds. Both above ship types are well
suited for the handling of palletized and loose cargo.
3. Refrigerated container ships are specifically designed to carry containerized unit loads
where each container has its individual refrigerated unit. These containers are nearly
always twenty-foot equivalent units (often called TEU) that are the "standard"
container cargo size that are loaded and unloaded at container terminals and aboard
container ships. These ships differ from conventional container ships in their design
and power generation and electrical distribution equipment. They need provisions
made for powering each container's cooling system. Because of their ease of loading
and unloading cargo many container ships are now being built or redesigned to carry
refrigerated containers.
Liquid cargo is carried mainly in: oil tankers (the most common type), LNGs
and chemical carriers. Ships that carry liquid
cargo (most often petroleum and its products) in bulk are made distinctive by the absence of
cargo hatches and external handling gear. When fully loaded they are also readily
distinguishable by scant freeboard – a condition that is permissible because the upper deck is
not weakened by hatches. For safety reasons tankers must be fitted with double bottoms.
These spaces also provide storage for fuel, lubricating oil and water. Tankers are divided into
compartments by longitudinal and transverse bulkheads. Cofferdams are empty spaces
between the tanks and the double bottom. They serve as separations to prevent liquids from
leaking from one tank into another. Cofferdams often serve as pump-rooms. Pumps for
loading and discharging the cargo may be installed in these compartments. Tankers are often
loaded and discharged in the offing by means of flexible pipes. This system of wet bulk
handling reduces the number of lay days.
The types of liquid cargo are oil tankers, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and
chemical carriers. Each cargo has different characteristics. It is depend on what they carry.
Petroleum tankers are categorized into the following classed that determines theirs
size in DWT (Dead Weight Tons).
Below them, low-suction piping, or stripping lines, removes the lowest level of liquid
in the tank. Tanks are filled either through open trunks leading from the weather deck or from
the suction lines with the pumps reversed. Because tankers, except for military-supply types,
usually move a cargo from the source to a refinery or other terminal with few maneuvers, the
machinery plant is called on only to produce at a steady rate the cruise power for the ship;
consequently, considerable use of automatic controls is possible, thus reducing the size of the
crew to a minimum. In view of the simplicity of inner arrangement, the tanker lends itself to
mass production perhaps more than any other ship type. Because of the limited crew
requirements and the low cost per ton for initial building and outfitting, the tanker has led the
way in the rapid expansion in the size of ships. The decline of crude oil prices after the
petroleum crisis of 1979 led in turn to a decline in preferred tanker size, but at that time a few
ships had reached 1,300 feet (400 metres) in length, 80 feet in loaded draft, and deadweight
of 500,000 tons.
Pict 1.9
The slow demise of ocean liners by the mid-20th century opened the way for cruise
ships. Cruise ships are large passenger ships offering pleasure trips adventure seeking people.
They have onboard facilities of restaurants, bars, casinos, theaters, ball rooms, discos,
swimming pools, fitness centers, and shops that make them a complete floating resort. They
are designed in a way to negotiate almost all major ports in the world.
In comparison to liners, they serve shorter routes with more stops along coastlines or
islands. Among popular cruise destinations in the world include the Caribbean Sea, Alaska,
Mexico, Hawaii Island, and the Mediterranean Sea. Some of the luxurious ocean liners have
now been converted to cruise ships, example being the conversion of ocean liner “SS France”
to cruise ship “SS Norway”. At present, the two largest cruise ships are the Allure of the Seas
and the Oasis of the Seas.
Ferries are boats or small-sized ships that are used for day or overnight short sea trips
sailing close to the coast between two or more ports. With a seating capacity ranging from 40
to 600, ferries are part of public transport systems in many waterside cities and islands. They
are categorized into the ship types such as Hydrofoil, Hovercraft, Catamaran, Cruise ferry,
Ro-ro, Pontoon ferry, Foot ferry, Cable ferry and Air ferries.
Passenger Liners
Dry Cargo Ships Liquid Cargo Ship
Cruise Ships
Ferries
Multi-deck Vessel Oil Tankers
Bulk Carriers LNG Carriers
Chemical Carriers
Container Ships
Refrigerated Ships
a. Merchant Ships can be designed as two types: Cargo Ships and Passenger Ships.
b. Cargo Ships can be divided into Dry Cargo Ships and Liquid Cargo Ships.
c. Dry Cargo Ships included Multi-deck Vessels, Bulk Carriers, Container Ships and
Refrigerated Ships.
d. Oil Tankers, LNG Carriers and Chemical Carriers are examples of Liquid Cargo
Carriers.
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e. Three types of Passenger Ships are: Ocean Liners, Cruise Ships and Ferries.
2.5.4 Summary
Merchant Ships can be designed as two types: Cargo Ships and Passenger Ships.
Cargo Ships can be divided into Dry Cargo Ships and Liquid Cargo Ships. Dry Cargo
Ships included Multi-deck Vessels, Bulk Carriers, Container Ships and Refrigerated
Ships. Oil Tankers, LNG Carriers and Chemical Carriers are examples of Liquid Cargo
Carriers. Three types of Passenger Ships are: Ocean Liners, Cruise Ships and Ferries.
2.6 Grammar
Nouns in English can be preceded by the definite article (the) or by the indefinite
article (a, an) or by not article at all.
The definite article (the) is used when the noun (singular or plural, countable
or uncountable) being referred to/has a particular rather than a general reference, that
is, we can identify what is being referred to.
Here are three situations when we can identify what is being referred to:
2. When words following the noun define which particular one it is.
e.g. Ships of all types use this port; the ship over there is an LNG carrier.
(Note: The phrase ‘over there’ tells us which ship is being referred to, but ‘of all
types’ does not.)
3. When there is only one of the noun in the world, or only one in the context being
referred to.
e.g. the sun, the equator (with reference to the earth)
the bridge, the captain (with reference to a ship)
The indefinite article (a, an) is used in front of singular nouns when they are
used as countable nouns and when the reference is general rather than particular.
e.g. There is a ship in the port
When the noun is plural, or when the noun is used as an uncountable noun, no
article is used.
e.g. There were cadets on board.
There was oil floating on the water.
When we refer to a class of objects rather than to examples of that class, the
distinction between definite and indefinite use disappears, and there are three
possible ways of referring to countable nouns:
e.g. The container ship is designed to carry containers.
A container ship is designed to carry containers.
Container ships are designed to carry containers.
(Here all three sentences mean: All container ship are designed to carry
containers.) but there is only one way of referring to uncountable nouns:
e.g. Oil is carried in Tankers.
Exercise 1
The largest type of cargo ship is a Tanker. The tankers are designed to carry liquid
cargo such as oil. The cargo is pumped directly into the holds by the powerful
pumps. The holds are constructed as tanks. The tanks are sub-divided into a
central tank, two wing tanks, and an Expansion tank. The expansion tank allows
oil to expand in hot weather. The bridge superstructure and an engine room are
situated aft to leave more room for the cargo. A Bridge is connected to the
forecastle by the catwalk. The tankers which are over 500.000 dwts are known as
ultra large crude carriers (ULCCs).
a + b Ships are designed for many purposes, therefore their type and size vary considerably.
a + b Passenger liners carry passengers; however, some carry a large amount of cargo as
well.
(Exercise 1) Now join these pairs of sentences using because, therefore, however, as
appropriate:
f. Passenger liners often operate as cruise ships for part of the year.
There is not always enough business for them on line routes.
Answer: Passenger liners often operate as cruise ships for part of the year because
there is not always enough business for them on line routes.
(Exercise 2) Rewrite the sentences in Exercise 1 above using as, consequently, although
as appropriate.
f. Passenger liners often operate as cruise ships for part of the year.
There is not always enough business for them on line routes.
Answer: Although passenger liners often operate as cruise ships for part of the year,
there is not always enough business for them on line routes.
Exercise 1 Cover the diagrams above and label the diagram below where indicated!
hull
a). The hull was damaged on the port bow three feet above the waterline.
b). The ship was holed on the port-side and starboard-side 1,5 meters above the
waterline.
c). The stabilizers were fitted on starboard amidships three feet above the waterline.
d). The sailors painted the hull on whole part of the ship.
e). There was thick arm our plating on the port bow two meters above the waterline
Exercise 1
a. Tugs-4 basic types (i) river, (ii) coastal, (iii) harvb, (iv) ocean going
b. Dredgers remove sand & mud fro chnls & harbrs.
c. Icebrekers imports : N & chnls frz winter.
d. Lightships look like ord ships BUT no eng : towd postn anchrd
e. Lifeboats-many types. In UK manned by vols & sup by voltry dons.
f. Pilot lunches = mtr boats for transport pilots to & fro ships.
Exercise 2
a. Tugs must be stable in all conditions, manoeuvrable and have sufficient power.
b. Dredgers are of three main types: they can be either bucket dregders, suctions
dredgers or grab dredgers.
c. Ship must use these ports all the year rounds, therefore it is necessary to keep
them open.
d. Lightships not only have a light, but also a foghorn, a radio beacon and
meteorological equipment.
e. Lifeboats must be strong, stable and manoeuvrable and their crew must be well
trained
f. Pilot launches must be seaworthy as pilots go out in all weathers.
CLOSING
3.1 Conclusion
Indonesia is one of the largest maritime countries which have great marine resources.
With some 92 thousand kilometers long of coastline, it can get many incomes from marine
tourism, and trading. To distribute the marine resources such as fish, biological diversity,
seafood supplies, meat, etc. we need ship. In the other words, ship is an important element
which can be separated to marine industry.
Blakey, T.N. (1987). English for Maritime Studies. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge