Vessel categories

There are several different types of bulk carriers that carry salt. The main distinction between each other being their size and with or without cranes (called "gears").  According to their size, each category has the name. Vessels with gears are up to Supramax in most of cases.

Dry bulk vessels are single-deckers and they are not able to load containers. Their hatches have very large openings so as the vessel to be loaded/discharged quickly and the holds are unrestricted and free of obstacles. Due to the bulk nature of the cargo they load, the holds of these vessels have been constructed to be “self-trimming” to allow the easy and rapid stowage and trimming of the bulk cargoes. In contrast to the general cargo vessels which can load several different cargoes, cargo in bulk carriers is usually homogenous.