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1. What is General Cargo Ship? What is General Cargo Ship? Any Questions Email us at apply@careerinmerchantnavy.comand Our Officer will ready to help you in any...

2. General Cargo Ship General cargo ships hold were further compartmentalized by one or two deck under the main deck so that different type of cargo carried by these ships could be separately stored. The role of the general cargo vessel began to wane with the arrival of big size bulk carrier and tankers, but the decline of these general cargo vessel has accelerated since the advent of containerization (in the 1960).Not only are container ships able to carry greater volume of cargo in standardized cargo container, the time spent in loading and discharging has been dramatically reduced. Where a general cargo vessel may take 3-4 days to load or discharge, a container ship can achieve the same in a matter of hours, although generally small in size, are not suitable for container, or operating on coast and inland waters. Any Questions Email us at apply@careerinmerchantnavy.comand Our Officer will ready to help you in any... Until ships started to be built to carry specific and specialized cargoes, all ships were simply general cargo ship, i.e. built to carry all types of cargoes e.g. drums of asphalt or caustic soda, cases of machinery, boxes or cartons containing ebearings or electronic goods, Radios, transistors, steel plates, paper rolls, cases of TEA, Bags of coffee seeds etc.