what are the routes of ships carrying coal?
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I would guess that the exact routes would depend on weather and sea conditions. Also, each shipping company may have slightly different routes.  You may need to contact shipping companies.  In post-9/11 times, I wonder if this info would be kept quiet.  \n\nHere's a gov doc that gives some info on coal shipping:\nhttp://govinfo.library.unt.edu/ota/Ota_5/DATA/1981/8108.PDF\n\nHere are some other gov docs to look up at your university library:\nCoal supply and transportation model : model description and data documentation\n    E 3.2:C 63/9\nCoal traffic on the Tennessee River Waterway to year 2000\n    Y 3.T 25:2 C 63/11\nCoal transportation study : final report\n    E 1.28:COO/2970-1
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Coal, Silver, Gold, Oil, Uranium
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Difficult to find any specific references to address your question ....\n\nSulphur is an abundant element in nature and is essential to life, so in some places there is quite a lot of it.  Factors within the swamp  when the coal is being formed such as oxygen supply and bacterial activity affect the peat.   Inorganic sediments (clay, silt and sand) are carried by streams and by wind into the peat swamps, particularly near their margins. These and other factors determine the nature of the coal seams mined today, especially their ash (inorganic matter) and sulphur content. \n\nThese links may help.
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Steam coal is \n\n"coal with relatively high sulfur content, suited for generating steam but not for coking"\n\n"Metallurgical coke, also known as Met coke, is a carbon material manufactured by the destructive distillation of various blends of bituminous coal. Bituminous coal is a soft, medium grade coal that contains a high percentage of volatile components. Destructive distillation is performed in coke batteries which are banks of large enclosed kiln"
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type in the  name  of ship body of water it saild on .look up 1800's wooden sailing vessals archives.
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(m)\n\nCOAL\nCoal is a fossil fuel--a sedimentary organic rock that contains more than 50 percent carbonaceous material by weight and is composed largely of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, with small amounts of other materials ranging from aluminum to zirconium. Its beginning was in the form of ancient plants that grew in swamps millions of years ago. Geological processes working over vast spans of time compressed and altered the plant remains, increasing the percentage of carbon present and thereby producing various ranks of coal.\n\nCoal Ranking\nThe four recognized ranks of coal in the U.S. classification scheme are: anthracite, bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, and lignite. In the United States coal rank is classified according to its heating value, its fixed carbon and volatile matter content and, to some extent, its caking characteristics during combustion.\n\nAnthracite - Used primarily for residential and commercial space heating, anthracite is the highest rank of coal. Its hard, brittle, lustrous black texture contains a high percentage of fixed carbon and low percentage of volatile matter. It is often called "hard coal." Freshly-mined anthracite usually contains less than 15 percent moisture content. Its typical heat content is 15 million Btu per short ton or less.\n\nBituminous - Dense coal of black or dark brown color and usually has well-defined bands of contrasting bright and dull material. It is used primarily to generate steam electric power. Substantial quantities are used for power and heat applications in manufacturing as well as to make coke. In active U.S. mining regions, bituminous coal is the most abundant coal. It has a a moisture content of less than 20 percent and a heat content range between 21 to 30 million Btu per ton in a moist, mineral-matter-free basis. Of the four ranks, bituminous coal accounts for over half (51 percent) of the demonstrated reserve base. Bituminous coal is concentrated primarily east of the Mississippi River, with the greatest amounts in Illinois, Kentucky, and West Virginia.\n\nSub-bituminous - This coal can be dull, dark brown to black in color and soft and crumbly as one quality, to bright, jet black, hard and strong. Used primarily as fuel for steam-electric power generation, subbituminous coal has properties ranging from the properties of lignite or bituminous coal. The heat content of sub-bituminous coal consumed in the U.S. ranges from 17 to 18 million Btu per ton on a moist, mineral-matter-free basis. All sub-bituminous coal (38 percent of the demonstrated reserve base) is west of the Mississippi, with most of it in Montana and Wyoming.\n\nLignite - This coal's brownish-black color has a high moisture content and is the lowest rank coal. It is often called "brown coal" and is used almost entirely as fuel for steam-electric power generation. It accounts for slightly less than 10 percent of the demonstrated reserve base and is found mostly in Montana, Texas, and North Dakota.
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http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whoweare/exhibits/titanic/p2.htm
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walking with a firm and heavy step\n\nvagrant/vagabond\n\npromiscuous woman\n\nship that carries whatever cargo that the shipper wants.
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Coal will not float in water. The average density of various types of coal are as follows:\nCoal, Anthracite            1.554\nCoal, Bituminous            1.346\nCoal, Coke                  1.201\nCoal, Lignite               1.25\n\nAs you can see, all are denser than water which has a density of 1. Coal will displace a weight of water equal to its volume when placed in water, but it will still be negatively buoyant.
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Steam engine for those Mississippi paddleboats..  But for tankers and cargo carrier ships they use a gasoline engine...much larger than a car engine...more like the size of a room in your house.  And the use a different type of gas that actually comes from the the used oil from Jiffy lube and Pep Boys....they sell it to a company that processes that oil and for the ships.  Also they typically have multiple engines and even smaller engines just for steering.
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Starting at the Black Sea:\n- Bosphorus\n- Marmara Sea\n- Dardanelles\nthen we reach the Aegean Sea, which is part of the Mediterranean Sea
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You can establish businesses that handle any or all of these processes:\n\n1. Processing Coal By products including the following:\n\nActivated Carbon\nAnthracene Oil\nCarbide Graphite\nCarbolic Oil\nCarbon Additive\nCarbon Fiber\nCarbon Ink\nCarbon Nanotube\nCarbon Pads\nCarbon Paste\nCarbon Sealing Rings\n Carbon Sliding Rings\nCarbon Thrust Pads\nCoal\nCoal Dust\nCooking Coal\nFlexible Graphite\nGraphite Composite\nGraphite Crucibles\nGraphite Epoxy\nGraphite Fiber\nGraphite Lubricant\n Liquid Graphite\nLustrous Carbon Additive\nMetallurgical Coke\nMineral Graphite\nNon Cooking Coal\nSilver Impregnated Carbon\nSteam Coal\nSulphur Free Carbon Additives\nThermal Coal \n\n2. Distributing coal products
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Ferry boat\nLocomotive\nMotorcycle\nTaxi cab
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Put some coal in their stocking.\n\nAnd then smack 'em with the stocking.
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Try this site for your answer:\n\nhttp://www.maritime.org/fleetsub/chap1.htm
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I do remember you need to soak ordinary coal it in a solution of ammonia, salt and bleuing agent.  Not too sure of the proportions.  I remember that this also works with charcoal -- but not nearly as impressive.  Did this in first grade.
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Coal is formed by decomposition of wood.