PURPOSE: To simplify the connection of floating hoses by providing a groove- shaped guide passage between a forecastle deck and an upper deck for connecting cargo hoses hoisted by ropes near the upper deck.

CONSTITUTION: The shell of a forecastle 11 is concaved to form a groove-shaped guide passage 9 between a forecastle deck 6 and an upper deck 7. Cargo hoses 1 are hoisted by ropes 35 and connected with cargo pipes 13 and 14. Since cargo hoses are connected by the guide passage and ropes provided on the forecastle, cargo hoses can be easily connected even in bad sea weather with rain and wind.