RELATIONS BETWEEN BERTH DIMENSIONS AND SHIP SIZES OF MAJOR BULK CARGOES AT EAST-ASIA REGION

Abstract

  Dry bulk cargoes, such as coal, iron ore, grain etc., are raw materials for many industries and foodstuffs for our daily lives. Therefore, bulk cargo shipping is one of the most important lifelines. But the information concerning bulk cargo shipping is very little, because most of the bulk cargoes are shipped by tramper for specific shipper and unloaded at shipper's terminals. Based on this background, this study developed the procedure to specify bulk carrier movement and analyzed the bulk cargo shipping to East-Asia Region. Relations between berth dimensions and ship sizes were analyzed in particular.