Coastal trading vessel

Coastal merchant vessel

Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters or skoots,[1] are shallow-hulled[citation needed] merchant ships used for transporting cargo along a coastline. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled seagoing ships usually cannot (26-28 feet), but as a result they are not optimized for the large waves found on the open ocean. Coasters can load and unload cargo in shallow ports. For European inland waterways, they are limited to a 33,49 m beam.[clarification needed]

N3-S-A1 illustration from ""American World Traders-New Ships for the Merchant Marine, 1945
  1. ^ Louis, Murray A. "Skoots to the Rescue: A Microcosm of the Dunkirk Evacuation, Operation "Dynamo"" (PDF). The Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America. 51 (1). Retrieved 1 February 2021.

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