supplying ship

The Belgian ship, Lowlands Prosperity,was docked late yesterday at the Caofeidian port, a steelmaking and energy base in northeastern Hebei province, near Beijing, when a Chinese oil supplying ship hit the vessel's stern.

bookings and indirect economic impacts, like supplying ships. The number of cruisers from the North American market, largely the United States, rose steadily to 8.2 million a year in 2003 from 3.6 million in 1990, according to industry group Cruise Lines International Association.