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FACULTY-IN-CHARGE : MIKAELLA S. LEGASPI

COURSE CODE AND TITLE : TM ELEC 4 CRUISE TOURISM

LEARNING OUTCOME :
● Understand the difference between the freighters, ferry boats and charters

Course Outline 01: The Cruise Industry

● Freighters, Ferry boats and Charters

Freighters and Ferry Boats

Freighter

A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one
port to another.
Cargo ships/freighters can be divided into five groups, according to the type of cargo they carry. These
groups are:
1. General Cargo Vessels
2. Tankers
3. Dry-bulk Carriers
4. Multipurpose Vessels
5. Reefer Ships

● General Cargo Vessels carry packaged items like chemicals, foods, furniture, machinery, motor- and
military vehicles, footwear, garments, etc.
● Tankers carry petroleum products or other liquid cargo.
● Dry Bulk Carriers carry coal, grain, ore and other similar products in loose form.
● Multi-purpose Vessels, as the name suggests, carry different classes of cargo - e.g. liquid and general
cargo - at the same time.
● A Reefer (or Refrigerated) ship is specifically designed and used for shipping perishable commodities
which require temperature-controlled, mostly fruits, meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products and other
foodstuffs.

Ferry and Services

Ferries are types of boats which are very commonly found in areas where the main mode of transportation
happens through water. In such areas, ferries are used not just to transport passengers from one shore to
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another but to carry cargo as well. Ferries are native to Greece and over the centuries have made their
presence known not just in Greece and Europe but wide across the world.

A catamaran ("cat" for short) isa multi hulled vessel consisting of two parallel hulls of equal size.

1. Catamarans are a famous ferry type. They generally are operated as passenger boats and are
exceedingly popular wherever they are used. Speed is the major USP of a catamaran and for this reason
alone a catamaran ride is favorite among people - young and old alike.

2. Channel Ferries: In simple terms, channel ferries are ferries that cross the English Channel as their
routine voyage. Channel ferries as a means of transportation were introduced in the early 19th century
because of the difficulties posed to ships in the treacherous English Channel waters in both England as
well as France. The Channel ferries were small and speedier thus in today's times, there are many
variants of Channel ferries that undertake journeys not just between England and France but via . the
English Channel to other parts of Europe as well.

3. Car Ferries: Car ferries are basically cargo ferries that help carry cars and other automobile vehicles. Car
ferries have two different interpretations. In the United States, car ferries are used to ferry railway carts
or cars. These railway cars are loaded into the ferry with the help of tracks that can be attached and
detached at will. These attachable and detachable adjustments are also called Roll-On/Roll-Off ramps.
These ramps form the car ferry type in the United Kingdom.

4. A Roll-On/Roll-Of Ferries: These ferries are also known as Ro-Ro ferries. They are a very useful ferry
type especially when it comes to cargo hauling in the form of other vehicles. This type of ferry is mainly
used in the United Kingdom. There are also certain other ferries that use such Ro-Ro ramps for
boarding of vehicles in addition to the ferrying of passengers. Such ferries are called cruise ferries.

5. Double-Ended Ferries: The front and the back portion of this type of ferry - known as the prow and the
stern- can be alternated. In simple terms, it can be said that while making a journey to a particular port,
the prow and the stern remain as the parts mentioned; while the ferry makes a return journey, the
prow gets converted into the stern and vice versa.

6. RORO Ferries: RORO vessels have built-in ramps which allow the cargo to be efficiently "rolled on" and
rolled off" the vessel when in port. While Smaller ferries that operate across rivers and other short
distances still often have built-in ramps, the term RORO is generally reserved for larger ocean-going
vessels. The ramps and doors are usually at the stern. Most well known ferry services like P&o and Sea
France, especially on the channel offer Ro-Ro ferries.

7. Cruise Ferries: A cruise ferry is a ship that combines the features of a cruise ship with a RoRo ferry. A
cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a cruise ship with a Ro-Pax ferry. Many passengers
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travel with the ships for the cruise experience, staying only a few hours at the destination port or not
leaving the ship at all, while others use the ships as means of transportation. Cruiseferry traffic is
mainly concentrated in the seas of Northern Europe, especially the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.
However, similar ships traffic across the English Channel as well as the Irish Sea, Mediterranean and
even on the North Atlantic. Cruiseferries also operate from China and Australia.

8. Fast Ro-Pax Ferries: Fast RoPax ferries are conventional ferries with a large garage intake and a
relatively large passenger capacity, with conventional diesel propulsion and propellers that sail over 25
knots. Pioneering this class of ferries was Superfast I between Greece and Italy in 1995 through ferry
company Superfast Ferries.

9. Hovercraft: Hovercraft were developed in the 1960s and 1970s to carry cars. The largest was the
massive SRN4 which carried cars in its center section with ramps at the bow and stern between
England and France. The hovercraft was superseded by catamarans which are nearly as fast and are less
affected by sea and weather conditions. Only one service now remains, a foot passenger service
between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight run by Hovertravel.

10. Hydrofoil Ferries: Hydrofoils have the advantage of higher cruising speeds, succeeding hovercraft on
some routes. Hydrofoils are passenger only vessels, because of this many have been replaced by high
speed catamarans which can also carry vehicles. Some Hydrofoil vessels are still used in Europe,
especially for short hop journeys between islands.

Chartering

1. A bareboat charter is an arrangement for the chartering or hiring of a ship or boat, whereby no crew or
provisions are included as part of the agreement; instead, the people who rent the vessel from the
owner are responsible for taking care of such things.
2. Yacht Chartering Is the practice of renting, or chartering, a sailboat or motor yacht and traveling to
various coastal or island destinations. This is usually a vacation activity, but it also can be a corporate
event.
3. A Skipper charter means that the yacht is rented with a professional crew consisting of a
skipper/captain who is responsible for the maneuvering of the yacht. In several cases the skipper is
aided by other crew members as well. A Skipper charter is normally used for larger yachts for which a
skipper/captain with documented special nautical skills and experience is required.