to refer to the article Boat for more details on the difference between boats and ships, and more details on these machines in general.

A ship is a Bateau of fort Tonnage, decked and intended for the Navigation into full Mer, i.e. when it is designed to sail beyond the limit where cease applying the technical payments of safety of inland navigation, and where start to apply the payments of sea transport.

From the point of view of the payment to prevent the boardings at sea: “The term “ship” indicates any machine or any apparatus of some nature that it is, including the machines without drafts, the Navion S and the Hydravion S, used or likely to be used like means of transport on water. ” (rule 3-a) In a general way, it is erroneous to use the term “boat” to indicate a machine of great dimension, whereas on the other hand there are boats at sea, on the rivers and the lakes.

Types of ships

There exist all kinds of ships, which one can classify according to their use, their size, their principal mode of propulsion.

; Freighters: Oil S transporting the Hydrocarbon S liquids, Gas S transporting petroleum gas liquefied at low temperature, Ore tanker S transporting the ores, cereal the cereals, the Chimiquier S the chemicals and the Porte-conteneurs which transport of all in their standardized “boxes” that one finds on the trailer truck or trains.

See also: Ship cargo liner

; The ships carrier S and with passengers and cargo and passenger ships: They are more known under the name of ferry (or Traversier), transport the passengers pedestrians or conveys some and the trucks. Of all small passenger ships also exist to walk the tourists or to make cross roads to the pedestrians and cyclists. One also finds in this category the cruising ships, heirs to the prestigious Paquebot S.

See also: Passenger ship

; The Coaster S: In fact freighters of intermediate size ensure of the voyages along the coasts. They are sometimes specialized but in general general-purpose on the plan of the loading. They often have means of handling of their goods in order to be autonomous and to reach small commercial ports which are not equipped for all the types of freight. In general, the small ships assigned to the supply of the island S belong to this family.

; Fishing vessels: They are often called according to the technique of fishing which they practice mainly. Many is too small for mériterle name of " navire" but some factory ships are of sizeable size, like many Chalutier S or Thonier S.

See also: Fishing vessel

; Special ships: One finds of all among them, since the harbor barge of work, the ship of oil drilling, the oceanographical Navire and of scientific research, the ship bases underwater work (plunger), the ship cable-laying ship (posing fiberoptics of the telecommunication networks at the bottom of the oceans), the ship dredger of channels, etc

See also: Ship of services

; Ships of assistance: They are the Remorqueur S of open sea, the ships of offshore oil rig supply, the Brise-glace S, etc

See also: Ship of services

; The military ships: This term recovers a large variety of use because these ships are specialized (Porte-avions, Porte-aéronefs, ships anti-submarine, anti-aircraft, Sous-marin S of attack, strategic, oil submarines supply, ships of logistical support (hospital and repair shops and supply craft), patrol ships, ships of transport of troops and unloading.

See also: Warship

; Yachts: With veil and engine, yachts of billionaires, they have a goal of leisure.

See also: Pleasure (leisure), Sailing ship

; The ships school: Generally of old man Gréement S, but also of the military ships, used for a training of the sea.

; Immobilized ships: Ships used like prisons or floating casino S, for example with broad of Los Angeles; the ships museums.