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.

1. What is General Cargo Ship?
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.
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.
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