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CEOR - TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING Flashcards

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It is the means by which these activities occur, it is the cement that binds together communities and their activities.

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Transport

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Because of its pervasive nature, occupies a central position in the fabric of a modern-day urbanized
nation.

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Transport

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These are composed of networks of interconnected facilities and services.

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Transportation systems

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It deals with the efficient transport of people and goods.

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Transportation Engineering

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It applies technological and scientific principles to the planning, functional design, operation and management of facilities for any mode of transport in order to provide for the safe, rapid, comfortable, economical, environmentally compatible movement of people and goods

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Transport Engineering

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A branch of transport engineering that deals with the planning, geometric design, traffic operation roads, street, and

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Traffic Engineering

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It is mostly government funded or at least government approved.

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Transportation Infrastructures

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It considers policy information processes, cost, financing, and projected performance of potential transportation systems, including Intermodal Transportation.

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Transportation Planning

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What are the three elements of transportation?

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Vehicle
Path
Terminal

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10
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over which the vehicles travels (roads, airport runway, and railway track) is built and maintained
by civil engineers

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Path

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It is where the passengers and cargo are serviced, are planned, constructed and maintained by civil engineers (bus stands, truck depots, railways stations, air terminals, docks and harbors)

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Terminals

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It constructed roads, railways lines, docks, harbors, and airports, which facilitated the movement of goods and passengers.

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Government

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It includes fatalities, injuries, and property damage due to accidents

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Safety

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Optimal allocation of resources in moving people and goods; access, provision of enabling technologies and services to people that need to reach and use opportunities.

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Efficiency

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Travel in environments without causing unnecessary stress and strain due to noise or other factors.

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Comfort

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Production of contaminants in the air, water, or soil that are at a higher levels than naturally found.

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Environmental Pollution

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Entails the efficient management and operation practices, design, and assessment of the cost effectiveness of transportation systems.

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Transportation System Engineering

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A function of land use.

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Traffic

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This activity is crucial to the transport planning process, as the data form the basis for formulation plans.

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Transportation Survey

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It sometimes is considered as synonymous to transportation engineering but is usually defined as the narrower field of management of traffic flow.

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Traffic Engineering

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They se projected and monitored traffic patterns and volume to design automated or centrally controlled street signal to modulate traffic.

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Traffic Engineers

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For triggering of left-turn signal.

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Weight Sensors

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For freeway entry during rush hours.

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Ramp-entry signals

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These are installed along travel routes to ensure safe, orderly, and predictable traffic movement. They provide guidance and warning to the motorists.

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Traffic Control Devices

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It was developed to promote uniformly in traffic control devices.

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Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)

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It include right-of-way (stop and yield), speed, movement (directional), parking, pedestrian,
and other special signs. A specific code is assigned to each type of sign on the street plans for easy recognition.

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Regulatory Signs

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Alerts drivers to any potentially hazardous condition on or adjacent to the roadway provide a signal to reduce speed or drive safely.

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Warning Signs

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These are used to indicate intersections, traffic signals, changes in grade, entrances, and crossings.

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Warning Signs

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Indicate routes and direct travelers to cities, places of interest, parks, forests, and historical sites. Most guide signs vary in size and usually feature white messages on a green background

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Guide Signs

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For general motorist services are white messages on a blue background. These have a white symbol on a brown background.

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Recreational and Cultural Signs

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Usually black text on an orange background. These follow the basic standards of shaped and other details for all highways

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Construction and Maintenance Signs

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Provided on the road pavement (carriageway markings) or on object which are part of the road. These are painted with hot applied thermoplastics paints

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Road Markings

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It is a problem which has to be addressed by the traffic engineer

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Parking

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Needed for guiding roads users to see the carriageway and the immediate surroundings clearly.

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Street Lighting

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Emissions caused by the exhaust of vehicles contain major pollutants like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, lead compounds, smoke, and unburnt petrol.

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Air Pollutions

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It can be controlled by reducing the use of private vehicles, frequent checking of vehicle emissions, and use of battery operated vehicles.

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Air Pollution

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It used to measure noise levels.

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Decibels

38
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It can be controlled by changes in the design of vehicles, changes in tires or road surfaces and modifications in traffic operations.

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Noise

39
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It cause by the movement of vehicles on narrow streets flanked by building.

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Vibration

40
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It is caused by roadside advertisements, unregulated parking and ribbon development along highways.

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Visual Intrusion

41
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It caused when a road is aligned through a village of habitation, dividing the life of the community, forcing them to cross the road and risking their safety.

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Severance

42
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Focuses on planning, design, construction, and operation and maintenance of highways

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Highway Engineering

43
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Refers to the highways systems of the Philippines

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The Philippine Highway Network

44
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A network of national roads owned and maintained by the DPWH.

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The Philippine Highway Network

45
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Roads which form parts of the main trunk line system and directly connect three of more major cities and metropolitan areas with a population of at least 100,000.

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National Primary

46
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Roads that complement the primary roads and provide access to other major population centers. They directly link smaller cities to the primary roads.

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National Secondary

47
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Introduced on 2014 and they include other existing roads administered by the DPWH which perform a local function.

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National Tertiary

48
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The retina perceives objects very sharply within a zone formed by a cone whose angles is 3 degrees about the center of the retina.

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Acute Vision or Visual Acuity

49
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Deals with the visual zone for the two eyes.

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Peripheral Vision

50
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An important factor in highway design. It governs the perceiving of information, analysing, starting the decision making process, and the will to react to a situation

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PIEV (Perception, Intellection, Emotion, Volitions)

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When a vehicle is moving on a curved path, it is subjected to an outward force.

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Centrifugal Force

52
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One of the important considerations in designing a highway.

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Gradient

53
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The distance required by a driver of a vehicle Travelling at a given speed to bring his vehicle to a stop after an object on the roadway becomes visible.

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Stopping Sight Distance

54
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The time lag or the brief interval between the perception of danger and the effective application of brakes.

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Brake Reaction Time

55
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This become necessary because some vehicles travel fast while some travel slow.

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Overtaking

56
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Remains a cost-effective way of transporting large quantities of goods on land.

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Railway Transportation

57
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It focuses on planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of railways.

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Railway Engineering

58
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The passenger coaches and good wagons.

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Containers

59
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The locomotive, which may be a steam engine, diesel, or an electric.

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Propulsion Unit

60
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The railway track on which the trains move.

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Pathway

61
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The railway station and goods yard where passengers and goods are serviced.

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Terminal

62
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Two steel rails separated at a distance

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Gauge

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The subject of dimensioning of the visible elements of the track.

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Geometric Design of Railway Track

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Distinguishing the permanent track from the track constructed temporarily for transporting materials to construction sites and dismantled later.

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Permanent Way

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It consists of the earthen formation over which the track structure is laid.

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Permanent Way

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The embankment constructed on the natural ground to accommodate the railway track.

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Formation

67
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Based on the movement of steel wheels of locomotives, coaches, and wagons on steel rails.

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Railway Technology

68
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The biggest advantage of air transport is its high speed.

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Speed

69
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International and domestic travel by air has encouraged this industry.

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Encourages Tourism

70
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High value goods and perishables are transported quickly by air, giving a boost to business.

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Promotion of Business and Trade

71
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Invaluable for the defense of the country

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Military Use

72
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In times of natural and man-made calamities, air transport will be providing these to affected people and rescue them safely.

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Relief and Rescue Operations

73
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Some areas in the Philippines are difficult to access by road, since Philippines is an archipelago, some island are only accessible via air transport.

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Accessibility to Remote Areas

74
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Air transport is very safe compared to road transport and railways.

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Safety

75
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The only fuel for aircraft now is petroleum crude-based aviation petrol.

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High Consumption of Liquid Fuel

76
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Persons residing near airports and the path of landing and take-off are subjected to high noise levels.

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High Noise Pollution

77
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Compared to road transport and rail transport, air travel is very costly and only the rich can avail of it.

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High Cost

78
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A facility where transport of men and materials changes form a land-based mode to a water-based mode.

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Port

79
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A safe haven for ships where they can be moored and sheltered from wind and sea waves.

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Harbour

80
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An artificial enclosure for the reception of ships, loading and unloading of cargo passengers.

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Dock

81
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One which has impounded water at a uniform level independent of external tide action and regulated by lock gates.

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Wet Dock

82
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A dock which a ship can be made to enter and from which water can be temporarily pumped away to make it completely dry to enable repairs to be carried out to the ship.

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Dry Duck

83
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A structure which projects from the land to the sea.

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Jetty

84
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The surface upon which railway tracks, and crane tracks can be laid to handle cargo from ships.

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Quay

85
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A continuous structure, generally acting as a retaining wall, along a sea edge or along the banks of rivers, canal or any other waterway.

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Wharf

86
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An isolated marine structure connected with the mainland.

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Pier

87
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These are covered structures mean for handling incoming and outgoing cargo for a short time and are provided behind quays.

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Transit Sheds

88
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A covered structure for storage of port cargo for a longer period. Bonded warehouses are those
intended for storage of dutiable goods.

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Warehouse

89
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It include cranes, liquid cargo handling facilities, bulk cargo handling facilities and container handing facilities.

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Cargo Handling Facilities

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