Open Marine Data Standards
B1: Primary Vessel Types Version History

1.0.0

27 September 2022

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B1: Primary Vessel Types B2: Hull Types B3: Organisation - Vessel Relationship Types B4: Certification Statuses B5: Terminal Types B6: Berth Types B7: Vessel Sides B8: Ship Builder Statuses B9: Certification Types B10: Restriction Types B11: Inspection Report Statuses B12: Vessel Operations B13: Location Types B14: Incident Types B15: Incident Severities B16: Units Of Measurement B17: Vet Decision Types B18: Vet Statuses B19: Vet Check Outcomes B20: Vessel Identification Programmes B21: Environmental Indices

B1: Primary Vessel Types

A list of values describing the over-arching type (the build, functionality and key attributes) of a vessel.

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B1 Primary Vessel Types

  • 1 Tanker

    A vessel designed to transport and store liquids or gasses in bulk.

  • 2 Barge

    A flat-bottomed ship-usually built to transport and store heavy goods on inland waterways.

  • 3 Offshore

    Vessels whose primary operational purposes are served on the high seas.

  • 4 Bulk Carrier

    A merchant ship designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo in its cargo holds.

  • 5 Dry Cargo Carrier

    A merchant vessel used to carry all types of non liquid goods (often in containers).

  • 6 Passenger Vessel

    A merchant ship whose primary function is to carry passengers.

  • 7 Fishing Vessel

    A commercial vessel primarily used to catch fish.

  • 8 Non Merchant Vessel

    A seagoing vessel whose primary use is not the commercial transportation of passengers or freight, fishing, dredging or other commercial use.

  • 9 Tug

    A vessel used to manoeuvre other vessels by pushing or pulling them with direct contact or a tow line.

  • 10 Undefined

    Unknown or the vessel does not match the description of other values.