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Improving The Safety Of General Cargo Ships - A Progress Report (July 2007)

What are General Cargo Ships?
The term "general cargo ship" covers many different ship designs that do not fit into other more specialised dry cargo types such as bulk carriers, container ships and Ro-Ro ships. In general, their distinctive feature is an ability to carry diverse types of lift-on/lift-off cargo. They include multi-purpose cargo ships, traditional tween-deck designs, and many small coasters [1].