Quiz 3 Flashcards
Why Maritime Trade
Review of Maritime Transport 2021 (UNCTAD) https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/rmt2021_en_0.pdf
Seaborne trade reaches 10.6 billion tons in 2020
World fleet grew to reach 2.13 billion dead-weight tons (DWT) by 2019
Ocean cargo moves under what two types of services?
Linear service
Tramp Service
Linear Service
service provided by a ship that operates on a regular schedule, traveling from a group of ports to another group of ports
Tramp Service
service provided by a ship that does not operate on a regular schedule and is available to be chartered for any voyage, from any port to any port.
Liners
Fixed schedule
Conferences
Bill of Lading (evidencing contract of carriage)
Master of the vessel issues B/L
Break-bulk cargo (containerized ships)
Carrier / shipper
Mandatory liability based on conventions
Freight forwarders / Customs house agents
Charters/ Tramp
Supply and demand
No fixed schedule
Bulk cargo (tanker and dry cargo)
Ship-owner / charterer
Contract for transportation (chartering) / contract of affreightment
Charterer issues B/L
Baltic Exchange
Deadweight Tonnage
The total carrying capacity of ship, measured in long tons or metric tonnes, and is determined as the difference in water displacement when the ship is empty and when it is fully loaded.
Cargo deadweight tonnage
Obtained by subtracting the weight of the bunker, crew-related items and stores for a specific voyage; the measure of greatest interest to shippers, as it is the theoretical carrying capacity of a ship.
3 Vessel Measurements (volume)
Gross Tonnage
Gross Registered Tonnage
Net Tonnage
Gross Tonnage
total volume of a ship’s carrying capacity, measured as the space available below deck, and expressed in tons, which are in this case hundreds of cubic feet.
Gross Registered Tonnage
Gross Tonnage calculated a specific way, generally for the purpose of determining the fee that a ship will pay to use a canal (Panama GRT, or Suez GRT).
Net Tonnage
Obtained by subtracting the volume occupied by the engine room and the space necessary for the operation of the ship (crew quarters, bridge, …etc.) from the gross tonnage.
3 sizes of Vessels (categories)
Panamax
Post Panamax
Handy Size
etc
Panamax
A ship of the maximum size that can enter the locks of the Panama Canal. The locks are 110 feet wide, 1000 feet long.
Post Panamax
A ship that is too large to enter the locks of the Panama Canal
Handy Size
A ship in the 10,000 to 50,000 dead-weight ton range.
Suez Canal
A ship roughly 150,000 dead-weight tons, the maximum size that can fit through the Suez Canal.
Cape size
large dry-bulk carriers of a capacity greater than 80,000 dead-weight tons. relates to the ships that originally could not fit through the Suez canal
Aframax
A large oil carrier of a capacity between 80 and 120,000 dead-weight tons. Named after the Average Freight Rate Assessment system.
Very large crude carrier (VLCC)
An oil tanker of up to 300,000 dead-weight tonnage.
Ultra large crude carrier (ULCC)
An oil tanker of more than 300,000 dead-weight tonnage.
Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC)
A very large ore carrier, of more than 200,000 dead-weight tonnage.
Ultra Large Ore Carrier(ULOC)
A very large ore carrier, of more than 300,000 dead-weight tonnage.
Types of Ocean Cargo
Wet Bulk
Dry Bulk
Break Bulk
Containers
Wet Bulk
liquid cargo that is loaded directly into the hold of a ship
dry bulk
dry cargo that is loaded directly into the hold of a ship; although dry, it takes the shape of the hold. Grain, for example.
Breakbulk
cargo that is packaged (bales, boxes, drums, crates, pallets) but not containerized. Vehicles are also considered break-bulk cargo.
Containers
Cargo that is placed in containers before it is loaded onto a ship. Cargo containers are metallic boxes that are 8.5 x 8 x 20 or 8.5 x 8 x 40 feet.
Types of Ships
Container Ships
Roll-On/Roll-Off Ships
Break-Bulk Ships
Combination Ships
Crude Carriers
Product and Chemical Carriers
Dry-Bulk Carriers
Gas Carriers
According to international convention, every ship must be registered in
a specific country and fly that country’s flag.
The country in which a ship is registered determines:
The laws that are applicable onboard the ship
The taxes that the ship owners will pay
The regulations that are followed onboard the ship, and their corresponding costs.
Flags of convenience
Ship owners tend to choose flags that have low costs and few regulations.
The countries that are considered to have “flags of convenience”
Panama
Liberia
as well as a handful of other small countries.
Liability Conventions
Hague Rules
Hague Visby Rules
Hamburg Rules
Rotterdam Rules