Container ship: general structure, equipment and arrangement

Container ship

1. bridge castle front,
2. deck containers,
3. foremast and mast top,
4. forecastle,
5. insulated containers in holds,
6. container refrigeration ducts,
7. double hull,
8. passageway,

Container ship

1 . Bulbous bow
2 . Fore peak tank
3 . Bow anchor
4 . Bow thruster
5 . Bo’sun store
6 . Under deck passage
7 . Not Container hold
8 . No2 Container hold
9 . No3 Container hold
10 . No4 Container hold
11 . No5 Container hold
12. No6 Container hold
13 . No7 Container hold
14 . No8 Container hold
15 . Engine room
16 . Fin stabilizer
17 . Bilge keel
18 . Steering gear room
19 . Sunken deck
20. Rudder
21 . Center propeller
22 . Side propeller
23 . Bossing
24. Side ballast tank
25. Deep ballast tank
26.Windlass
27. Foremast
28. Crow’s-nest
29 . Mooring winch
30 . Hatch cover

31 . Vent. for hold
32 . Cell guide
33 . Flip- flop
34 . Container support
35 . Wheel house
36 . Liferaft
37 . Direction finder antenna
38 . Radar scanner
39 . Signal yard
40 . Radar mast
41 . Suez signal light
42 . Funnel
43 . Antenna pole
44 . Lifeboat
45 . Crane
46 . 20′ container
47 . 40′ container
48 . Diesel generator
49 . Center main diesel engine
50 . Side main diesel engine
51 . Accommo. ladder
52. Trans. BHD
53 . Long. BHD
54 . Fore BHD in Eng. room
55 . Transom stern

1. Transom
2. Freefall lifeboat
3. Rudder + propeller
4. Double side hull with fuel or ballast water
5. Main engine
6. Accommodation
7. Stores crane
8. 20′ containers
9. 40′ containers
10. Walkway with container supports
11. Double bottom with fuel or ballast water
12. Bow thruster room
13. Bulbous bow
14. Bay 1

Open container ship “Nediioyd Europa”

1. Rudder
2. Propeller
3. Stem
4. Container with a length of 40 feet (FEU) on a 40′ stack
5. Container with a length of 20 feet (TEU) on a 20′ stack
6. Accommodation ladder
7. Pilot or bunker door
8. Container guide rail
9. Row no 11
10. Row no 04
11. Tier no 08
12. Wing tank (water ballast)
13. Service gallery
14. Fixed stack
15. Movable stack
16. Bay no 15
17. Bay no 06
18. Tier no 86
19. Cells, hold 1 and 2, for containers with dangerous goods (explosives)
20. Container support
21. Breakwater
22. Bulbous bow

Principal Dimensions

IMO no    8915691
Name    Nedlloyd Europa
Gross Tonnage    48508
Net Tonnage    19254
Deadwt Tonnage    50620
Year when Built    1991
Engine    41615 hp Sulzer
Ship Builder    Mitsubishi H.I.Nagasaki Japan
Speed    23.5 knots
Yard Number    1184
Dimensions    266.30-32.24-23.25
Depth    12.50
Vessel Type    Container Ship
Call Sign    PGDF
Containers    3604 teu
Flag    Neth.
In Service    1997

Container numbering

bays
rows
tiers

On deck cell guide system

1.(container) cell,
2.movable track guide,
3.stacking frame,
4. brace,

Container securing

Deck fittings

2. flush deck fitting, flush deck insert, flush foundation, circular foundation, stud bushing with plugging screw, screw plug,
5. socket, base stowing plate, base (… to be used with 21)
15. U-frame, shoe fitting, dovetailed base, companion fitting, dovetailed foundation (… to be used with13,17)
22,24. keyhole inserts (sunken, flush, raised),

Bottom fittings

1. pin bottom fitting, base stacking cone, cone plate, bottom stacking cone, bottom locator (… to be used with 2)
21. bottom stacking cone {… to be used with 5,12,22,23).
23. guide cone,

Stacking and locking fittings

4. stacking cone, intermediate stacking cone, stacker, stacking stud,
11. locking cone, pinstacker (with locking pin),
1416,17. twistlock, twist locking cone,
20. spacer stacking cone, compensating cone, spacer fitting (with cone top and bottom),
8,19,25. bridge fittings,
8. adjustable bridge fitting, clamp,
19. offset height clamp, compensatory bridge fitting, variable height clamp,
25. non-adjustable bruise fitting, double stacker, double intermediate stacking

Lashing points or lashing terminals

6. D-ring, lashing eye,

Lashing equipment

7,9 loadbinders,
7. chain lashing with chain lever,
9. lashing wire and turnbuckle, <
18. bulkhead bridge fitting,

other lashing equipment

10. lashing rod or bar, securing pads (penguin hook, elephant’s foot, eye hook), webbing,

Standard container description

front end   rear end

top end transverse member (ou cross rail)
front wall panel
side wall panel
roof panel
door header
end door
hinge
rod guide
cam end guide
cam end
lever
door gasket
bottom rear cross member
corner fitting
fork lift pockets
bottom cross member
floor
bottom side rail
bottom end transverse member (bottom front cross
corner post
top side rail

Thermal containers

Insulated containers

built-in type (refrigeration unit fitted on request).
1.cold air supply,
2.air return,
3. coupling,
4. plenum chamber,
5. grating,
6. container door,

Temperature maintenance in insulated containers on board ship

A. refrigeration duct (or ducting) system,
1a.Air supply duct,
2b. air return duct (to draw off violated air),

Refrigerated containers or reefer containers

plug-in type, picture frame type (type provided with its own refrigerating ma­chinery, or refrigerator plant)
1. evaporator,
2. machinery compartment,
3. goods, cargo,
4. fans,
5. air-cooled condenser,
6. water-cooled condenser (optional),
7. compressor,

View of air cooler unit side    View of coupling side

1. air duct, cold air duct, refrigeration duct/trunk,
2. coupling, pneumatic coupling, bellows piece,
3. rails,
4.transverse walkway,
5. insulated container,
6. hatch coaming,
7. deck strip,
8. passageway in the double hull,
9. fan unit (air supply),
10. cooler box, caisson; air cooler,
11. cooler box base, water collection tray, shut-off valves, temperature recorder, temperature regulator, brine pipe lead-in and lead-out drain plate (removal of defrosting water),

Securing and lashing container and trailer

1. twistlock (for trailer chassis),
2. chain lashing,
3. chain hook-up unit, chain tensioner,
4. lashing pot, lash weldment, flush star fitting (receives chain terminated by elephant’s foot),
5. trailer support jack, trailer spindle support (with ratchet), jack stand,
6. wheel chocks,
7. lashing chain with pneumatic tensioner (operable by impact wrench or drive pneumatic wrench),
8. support trestle, trailer horse,
9. star dome,
10. turnbuckle, bottlescrew, straining screw,

Container handling

container handling crane or portainer crane
traveiift
side-loader
skeleton flat car
traveiift
Quayside equipment
road chassis
straddle carrier
lift truck with top spreader