Akwai jiragen ruwa na farar hula da na soja bisa ga ayyukansu;

Dangane da kayan kwalliya, akwai jiragen ruwa na katako, jiragen ruwa na karfe, jiragen siminti da jiragen FRP;
A cewar yankin na zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa, akwai jiragen ruwa masu tafiya zuwa teku, jiragen ruwa, jiragen ruwa na bakin teku da kogi, da dai sauransu.
A cewar sashin wutar lantarki, akwai jirgin ruwa mai tururi, jirgin ingin konewa na ciki, jirgin tururi da jirgin makamashin nukiliya;
Dangane da hanyar tuƙi, akwai kwale-kwalen kwale-kwale, jiragen ruwa, jiragen ruwa masu fa'ida, da jiragen ruwan agaji;
Dangane da hanyar kewayawa, akwai jiragen ruwa masu sarrafa kansu da jiragen da ba sa sarrafa kansu;
Dangane da matsayin kewayawa, akwai tasoshin magudanar ruwa da tasoshin da ba magudanar ruwa ba.


Yawancin jiragen ruwa ana rarraba su gwargwadon amfaninsu.
Jirgin guda ɗaya na iya samun kiraye-kiraye daban-daban saboda hanyoyin rarrabuwa daban-daban.
Dangane da amfani daban-daban, ana iya raba su zuwa: fasinja da jirgin dakon kaya; Jirgin dakon kaya na gaba daya; Jirgin ruwan kwantena, jiragen ro-ro, jiragen ruwa masu ɗaukar nauyi; Jirgin ruwan hatsi mai yawa, jirgin kwal da jirgin ruwa mai amfani da yawa; Jirgin ruwa mai ma'ana da yawa (mai / tankin mai, tama / mai ɗaukar nauyi // tankar mai) jirgin ruwa na musamman (jirgin katako, jirgin ruwa mai sanyi, mai ɗaukar mota, da sauransu); Tankar mai, tankar iskar gas, tankar sinadari mai ruwa, tankar katako, jirgin ruwa, jirgin ceto, jirgin ceto, injin kankara, mai amfani da igiya, jirgin binciken kimiyya da jirgin kamun kifi, da dai sauransu.
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