Flatboat specially transports dry bulk cargo and is suitable for transporting bulk grains, building stones, ore sand, coal, etc. The boat is not installed with hoisting equipment but completes loading and unloading of cargo by the hoisting equipment or loading and unloading machinery on the dock. Generally a flatboat has one cargo space only.
The self-unloading ship mainly depends on high unloading efficiency and rapid turnover speed to obtain good economic benefits with low requirements to channels, also it can greatly reduce cost invested in equipment in the unloading dock, therefore, it is very effective.
Container ships are cargo ship that carry all of their load in truck-size inter modal containers, in a technique called containerization. They are a common means of commercial inter modal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.
The boat is not installed with hoisting equipment but completes loading and unloading of cargo by the hoisting equipment or loading and unloading machinery on the dock. Generally a flatboat has one cargo space only.
Suitable for transporting gravels, stone powder, ore sand, grains, coal, cement and other dry bulks, suitable for inland river and sea transportation.