2. Advantages of Water
Transportation
Cheap.
Minimum chances of traffic accidents and traffic
hazard.
Requires cheap motor powers than for airplanes.
Possesses high load carrying capacity.
5. Inland Waterways
-Refer to using inland water bodies like rivers, canals,
backwaters, creeks and etc.
Ocean Waterways
-Navigation along the coastal places and foreign
countries take places with the help of ships.
6. Terminal
• Definition
- Station where transport vehicles load or
unload passengers or goods
• terminal for large vessels are the port. The
function of the port are :
- Seek shelter from stormy weather
- A sheltered port where ships can take on or
discharge cargo
- loading and unloading vessels
7. •
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Factors in choosing terminal site :
Customer requirement
Operational requirement
Community requirement
Economic requirement
8. Unit of Carriage
Definition:-The response to the requirement of a
particular class of traffic moving on a particular
way.
-Every mode of transport have a unit of
carriage in which the goods or passengers
actually move.
9. Types of Unit of Carriage For Water
Transportation
• Ship large, costly unit of carriage
• Carry wide variety of product
• Represent the part ship building industry
10. MOTIVE POWER
DEFINITION
MOTIVE POWER IS AN AGENCY, SUCH
AS WATER OR STEAM, USED TO IMPART
MOTION
USED TO IMPORT MOTION TO
MACHINERY, A MOTOR, A MOVER