Editing Merchant ship (section)

===Passenger ship===
{{Main|Cruise ship|Ferry|Ocean liner|Passenger ship}}
[[Image:Ocean Countess (2012).jpg|right|thumb|Cruise ship ''[[Ocean Countess]]'']]
[[File:Avalon Expression (ship, 2013) 011.JPG|thumb|River cruise ship, ''Avalon Expression'']]
A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include [[cargo ship|cargo vessels]] which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the formerly ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters in which the transport of passengers is secondary to the carriage of freight. The type does however include many classes of ships which are designed to transport substantial numbers of passengers as well as freight. Indeed, until recently virtually all [[ocean liner]]s were able to transport mail, package freight and express, and other cargo in addition to passenger luggage, and were equipped with [[hold (ship)|cargo holds]] and derricks, kingposts, or other cargo-handling gear for that purpose. Modern [[cruiseferry|cruiseferries]] have [[car deck]]s for lorries as well as the passengers' cars. Only in more recent [[ocean liner]]s and in virtually all [[cruise ship]]s has this cargo capacity been removed. A [[ferry]] is a [[boat]] or [[ship]] carrying passengers and sometimes their vehicles. Ferries are also used to transport freight (in [[Truck|lorries]] and sometimes unpowered freight [[Containerization|containers]]) and even [[railroad car]]s (in the case of a [[train ferry]]).