TYPE OF SHIP CLASSIFICATION (ICST-COM)
| Type | Ship categories included
10 | Liquid bulk | Oil tanker Chemical tanker LG tanker Tanker barge Other tanker
20 | Dry bulk | Bulk/oil carrier Bulk carrier
31 | Container | Full container
32 | Specialised | Barge carrier Chemical carrier Irradiated fuel Livestock carrier Vehicle carrier Other specialised
33 | General cargo, non-specialised | Reefer Ro-ro passenger Ro-ro container Other ro-ro cargo Combination carrier general cargo/passenger Combination carrier general cargo/container Single-decker Multi-decker
34 | Dry cargo barge | Deck barge Hopper barge Lash-seabee barge Open dry cargo barge Covered dry cargo barge Other dry cargo barge nes
35 | Passenger | Passenger (excluding cruise passengers)
36 | Cruise Passenger | Cruise ships only
41 | Fishing | Fish catching (^{1})(^{*1}) Fish processing (^{1})(^{*1})
42 | Offshore activities | Drilling and exploration (^{1})(^{*1}) Offshore support (^{1})(^{*1})
43 | Tugs | Tugs (^{1})(^{*1}) Pusher craft (^{1})(^{*1})
49 | Miscellaneous | Dredgers (^{1})(^{*1}) Research/survey (^{1})(^{*1}) Other vessel nes (^{1})(^{*1})
XX | Unknown | Unknown type of vessel
(^{1})(^{*1}) Not covered by this Directive.