Open hatch bulk carrier

The open-ended multi-purpose bulk carriers (English Open hatch bulk carrier ) is a ship type, with the same mass cargo, bulk cargoes (bulk), and partly also container can be transported.

Particulars

Open multi-purpose bulk carriers are a subspecies of the bulk carrier with double hull, boxförmigem cargo space and full deck openings. Through their interpretation as an open boat without lower storage they offer the possibility of vertical access to the entire cargo area, making transportation of bulk materials, project cargo, as well as various mass piece goods, such as forest products such as lumber, pulp or paper or steel products as well as the ConBulk ship also the transport of containers possible. For the handling of cargo ships of this type have usually either cranes or gantries. One of the ships is often used on fixed routes with unpaired cargo volume, the greater part of the ships, however, is normally employed in tramp shipping.

The world's first open multi-purpose bulk carriers were the 1962 and 1963 delivered ships Besseggen and Rondeggen the Norwegian shipping company Østberg Chris. They were designed specifically for the transport of press printing paper and built at the shipyard Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted in Tønsberg.