The rank structure among navigating officers on a merchant ship (containership, bulker, tanker, etc.) is as follows : Navigating Cadet Third Mate Second Mate Chief Mate Master (Captain) The career path from a Grade 12 student to the Master of a large ship is as follows : Grade 12 (with English, mathematics and physical science…
Navigating Cadet aboard a LNG tanker. Photograph : Captain Steve Tucker Entry requirements for a navigating cadet and an engineering cadet are : National Senior Certificate (“Matric”) with more than 50 percent in mathematics, physical sciences and English. Following this is a period of study at the Maritime Studies Department at either the Cape Peninsula…
To revise the main facts in this section, go to the section in the Grade 10 site. Remember the following from that section : For every 15˚ of longitude, the sun time changes by 1 hour. Port A (to the east of Port B) will be ahead of Port B in time. Port C (to the…
This section outlines shipping routes for the following global trades: iron ore coal grain oil containers Natural Incidents that had an impact on Bulk Trades – During the devastating tsunami in Japan in 2011, the cooling system at the Fukushima nuclear powerstation failed, causing a serious problem at the powerstation, and threatened nuclear contamination in…
Study the table below that shows the throughput of containers via major Chinese ports for the period 2013 to 2015. The figures for TEU are shown in million s of TEU, e.g., the Dalian figures represent 9.301 million TEU, 10.128 million TEU and 9.912 million TEU. The map of China will show the position of…
1. Which port is the major port for…. 1.1 Cote d’Vor (Ivory Coast) 1.2 Mozambique 1.3 Tanzania 1.4 Kenya 1.5 Egypt 1.6 Morocco 1.7 Senegal 1.8 Liberia In which country is each of the following ports? 2.1 Port Harcourt 2.2 Dakar 2.3 Tema 2.4. Douala 2.5 Beira 2.6 Lobito 2.7 Boma 2.8 Matadi 2.9 …
Known to the early Portuguese mariners, and used by vessels from various nationalities over the years, Walvis Bay is a sheltered bay, ideal for harbour development. Germany took control of Süd-wes Afrika (now Namibia). Britain had occupied Walvis Bay and a small area surrounding it, and annexed Walvis Bay to the British-controlled Cape Colony in…
Cape Town Sturrock Drydock Docking Length 360m Breadth 38.4. (floor) Water Depth 14m Robinson Drydock Docking Length 161m Breadth 17.2m (floor) Water Depth 7.9m Synchrolift Maximum lift: 1750 tons There is also a small shipbuilding industry in Cape Town, specialising in tugs, small patrol vessels, crew-change vessels. East London Princess Elizabeth Drydock Docking Length …
Through which port(s) is/are 1.1 crude oil imported? 1.2 fruit exported? 1.3 iron ore exported ? 1.4 coal exported? 1.5 motor vehicles exported? 1.6 manganese exported? 1.7 grain imported? 1.8 oil products exported? Which ports have a specialised container terminal? What type of ships carry most of the export fruit? Why are Port Elizabeth and…
