LESSON 3 MIDTERMS Flashcards
It involves the intentional movement by water over large distances.
Water Transportation
The cheapest and oldest means of transportation is by?
Boat
It is a huge body of water between continents that covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface.
Ocean
NATURE OF WATER TRANSPORTATION
SUITABLE FOR HEAVY
GOODS OR COMMODITIES
USED FOR LONG DISTANCE
USED WHERE
TRANSPORTATION TIME IS
NOT A CRITICAL FACTOR OR
ELEMENT.
Is a fresh bodies of water like seas.
River
This are large body of
water surrounded by
land
Lake
Are artificial waterways
built for irrigation or to
shorten navigation time.
Canals
It consist of transportation via rivers, canals, and
lakes. It also provides a cost-effective, logistically efficient,
and environmentally friendly mode of
transportation.
Inland water transportation
It refers to maritime traffic that crosses oceans. This type of water transport is indispensable for
foreign trade as it has brought the different parts
of the world .
Ocean transport
TYPES OF WATER TRANSPORT
SYSTEM
Inland water transportation
Ocean transport
Is the movement of cargo
and passengers mainly by
sea along a coast
It is one of the means of
transport for carrying goods
from one port to another
country.
Coastal shipping
It carries a lot of world’s trade, the majority of the bulky goods, materials, and passengers through ocean waterways from one country to another at the cheapest cost.
Overseas shipping
TYPES OF OCEAN TRANSPORT
Overseas shipping
Coastal shipping
They have regular fixed routes, times
and charges. They also sail on scheduled dates and times
whether full or not
Liner
Are ships that do not have fixed routes. They have no set rules or rate
schedule
TRAMPS
They are especially designed to carry oil, petrol, and other liquids.
TANKERS
It carries goods or cargo from a particular port going to
another
GENERAL CARGO
A ship constructed with a single dec, top-side tanks
and hopper side tanks n cargo spaces and intended
to carry dry cargo in bulk
BULK Carrier
They are designed to hold huge quantities of cargo
compacted in different types of container.
CONTAINER ship
are used for small routes and trade
in coastal areas only.
Feeder ship
are bigger than feeder ships, and
they are involved in international trading
Mother ships
carry crude oil and its by products
Oil tankers
are designed to transport LPG, LNG or liquified
chemical gases in bulk.
Liquified gas carriers
are tanker ships designed to transport
chemical and different liquid products in bulk
Chemical and product carriers
are vessels that used to carry wheeled
cargoes
Roll-on Roll-off Ships or RoRo
a combination of a traditional
container ship and a RoRo
Container vessel + RoRo (ConRo)
is a RoRo with a cargo-carrying vessel
that is smaller in size
General Cargo +RoRO (GenRo)
is a ferry that transport vehicles together with passengers
RoPax
are ships used for commercial or
recreational fishing
Fishing Vessel
are known as draggers.
Trawlers
are also known as fish processing
vessels equipped with facilities to process and
freeze fish products.
Factory ships
are use in oil exploration and
construction works at sea.
Offshore Vessel
Main type of offshore vessels: Supply Ships, Pipe-
lying ships, Crane barges or floating cranes.
Drill ships
Accommodation barges
Production Platforms
Anchor handling vessel
Driving vessels
are used for transiting passengers
Passenger ships
are used to transport passengers on short routes
or distances
Ferries
are known as floating hotel with state-of-the-
art facilities used for vacation and recreation.
Cruise Ships
it is designed to serve
specific purposes.
Specialized ships/ Vessels
are ships that help maneuver’s vessels.
Tugboats
are used generally by ships to transport people
and/or supplies from the vessel to the quayside.
Tenders
are transportation used by harbor points
Pilot craft
Are used to carry out variety of
research at sea.
Research Vessels
Major seas of the world are the?
Arabian ,South China Sea, Caribbean
Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and the Bering
Sea
