Cargo ships are necessary for world commerce. There are two basic kinds of cargo ships: freighters and tankers. Freighters come in all shapes and sizes in order to accommodate various loads. Dry cargo vessels comprise one category and are used to...

Ships which are designed for transport of standard containers, wheeled vehicles and general break bulk cargo. These ships have adequate space for ballast tanks and ballasting of fuel and cargo tanks is not...

A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, 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 international trade. Cargo ships...

Effort Shipping Co Ltd v Linden Management SA and another; Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Hirst, Lord Justice Morritt and Lord Justice Ward); 30 January 1996 A cargo of processed nuts infested at shipment with a tropical beetle of voracious appetite was, in...

Marc Rich & Co AG and others v Bishop Rock Marine Co Ltd and others (The Nicholas H); House of Lords (Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Lloyd of Berwick and Lord Steyn) 6 July 1995 A marine...

Somali pirates armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades hijacked an Indian cargo ship for ransom as it was preparing to dock at Mogadishu port, officials said Tuesday.The vessel, the MV Nimatullah, was delivering nearly 900 tons of cargo, when around 10 pirates in a...

An unmanned Russian cargo ship carrying over 2.5 tons of supplies, equipment and gifts blasted off Thursday for the international space station.The Progress M-61, mounted atop a Soyuz-U booster rocket, lifted off as scheduled at 9:34 p.m. from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, said Russia's...