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Tweendeckers are general cargo ships with two or sometimes three decks. The upper deck is called the ''main deck'' or ''weather deck'', and the next lower deck is the ''tweendeck''. Cargo such as bales, bags, or drums can be stacked in the ''tweendeck space'', atop the tweendeck. Beneath the tweendeck is the ''hold space'', used for general cargo.
Cargo ships that have fittings to carry standard
"Dry Cargo Ships"
Dec. 25, 2006.
Tweendeckers are general cargo ships with two or sometimes three decks. The upper deck is called the ''main deck'' or ''weather deck'', and the next lower deck is the ''tweendeck''. Cargo such as bales, bags, or drums can be stacked in the ''tweendeck space'', atop the tweendeck. Beneath the tweendeck is the ''hold space'', used for general cargo.
Cargo ships that have fittings to carry standard shipping containers
A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated box design, corrugated b ...
and retractable tweendecks (that can be moved out of the way) so that the ship can carry bulk cargo are known as ''multipurpose vessels''.
Infomar"Dry Cargo Ships"
Dec. 25, 2006.
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