Coastal trading vessel

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Main article: Merchant ship

Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where the deeper-hulled sea-going ships usually cannot.

Modern merchant vessels Dry cargo: Bulk carrier · Container ship · Hopper barge · Reefer ship · RORO ship · Heavy lift ship · Lighter aboard ship · Tankers: Oil tanker · Chemical tanker · LNG carrier · Coaster · FPSO unit Passenger: Cruise ship · Cruiseferry · Ferry · Ocean liner Support: Dive support · Fireboat · Supply ship · Tender · Tugboat Other: Cable layer · Crane vessel · Drillship · Dredger · Fishing vessel · Icebreaker · Merchant submarine · Research vessel · Semi-submersible Sizes, smallest to largest: Handysize · Handymax · Panamax · Aframax · Suezmax · Capesize · VLCC · ULCC

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