These ships have holds that do not have hatches. Cargo is loaded and discharged via a ramp in the stern. (Some have a ramp in the bow as well.) The cargo is driven on (“rolled on”) and driven off (“rolled off”) the ship – hence the term RO-RO. Down below, there are few (if any)transverse…
The impressive United States aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is shown below during her visit to Cape Town in 2007. Aircraft are stowed below deck and are lifted onto the flight deck (the large flat deck shown here), prepared for take-off and take off from the flight deck. They land on the flight deck and…
In all ports, sand/mud accumulates and needs to be removed by specially designed ships called dredgers that suck up the sand from the bottom of the harbour, and carry it out to sea where it is dumped. These are known as suction dredgers. Some ports do not have much sand accumulation and need very little…
1 A ship steams from St Petersburg to San Francisco on the west coast of North America via Panama Canal, and from there, via the shortest route to Singapore. 1.1 Name all the seas, oceans, etc, through which she will pass during the entire voyage. 1.2 On this voyage, how many times does…
Europe Water Bodies 1. English Channel and Straits of Dover 2. Turkish Straits (Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara, Bosphorus) 3. Straits of Gibraltar 4. Suez Canal 5. Red Sea 6. Arabian (Persian) Gulf 7. North Atlantic Ocean 8. North Sea 9. Baltic Sea 10. Adriatic Sea 11. Black Sea 12. Mediterranean Sea Ports AL Algeciras (Spain) F Felixstowe (UK) G Genoa (Italy)…
The map may look crowded but remember you can zoom in on any section of the map to enlarge it. Canals 1. Suez Canal (links the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,and is part of the major shjpping route between Asia and Europe.) 2. Panama Canal (links the Caribbean Sea to the…
Continents: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australasia Important Lines of Latitude Arctic Circle; Tropic of Cancer, Equator; Tropic of Capricorn, Antarctic Circle Important Lines of Longitude : Greenwich Meridian (0o), International Date Line (Note that both of these lines of longitude are important in time calculations.) Oceans: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Southern…
Seas: 1. Mediterranean Sea 2. Black Sea 3. Adriatic Sea 4. North Sea 5. Baltic Sea 6. Red Sea 7. Arabian Sea 8. South China Sea 9. East China Sea 10. Japan Sea 11. Tasman Sea 12. Bering Sea 13. Caribbean Sea Gulfs & Bays 14. Gulf of Guinea 15. Gulf of Aden 16. Arabian (Persian) Gulf 17. Bay of Bengal 18. Bay of Biscay 19. Gulf of Mexico (US Gulf) 20. Hudson Bay Straits…
A tanker approaching New York Photograph: Teekay Corporation It is important to know where places are, as well as being able to identify the oceans, major seas and other water bodies because ships pass through these as they move from one port to another. This year, we concentrate on the location of these,…
1. With her own cranes, Artemis was loading 28 000 tons of steel in Durban, the 4320-TEU Oscilla was discharging containers, Ulwandle was working 13 000 tons of break-bulk cargo and 242 containers, and Capetan Andros was loading 25 000 tons of coal. Heron was clearing mud from the bed of Durban harbour. Sea Eagle…
