Apart from combination carriers, that are also capable of carrying oil and which require a cargo pumping installation, some medium-sized bulk carriers are equipped with deck cranes, portal cranes that can traverse along the ship, or bucket conveyors.
Ngaphandle kodityaniso lweziphathi ezikwakwaziyo ukuphatha i-oli nezifuna ukufakelwa ithumbu lokutsala imithwalo, ezinye ezibungakanani buphakathi, iziphathi zixhotyiswe ngemigangatho elonga-longoyo, izilonga-longi ezijingayo ezinokucanda phakathi kolwandle okanye abaphathi be-emele.