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*Transportation*
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*Water Transport*
• Water transport carries people and goods by boats, ships and ferries
• A ship can carry more and heavier goods than a train or truck.
• It is important as it may be the only means of carrying goods and people from one place to another.
• It is cheap means of transport for heavy and bulky goods likes logs, metals and grains.
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Water Transport
Inland waterways
Water Canal
Sea and Ocean
*Water Transport*
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*Water Transport – Sea or Ocean Transport*
• Sea or ocean transport plays an important role in foreign trade
• Sea or ocean-going vessels can be divided into ocean liners and cargo ships called
Tramps
• Carries passengers, mails and cargoes
• Travel on fixed route / timetable
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*Water Transport – Sea or Ocean Transport*
Ferry
Cruise
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*Water Transport – examples of ships*
Bulk CarrierChemical Tanker
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*Water Transport – examples of ships*
Gas Tanker
Obo Ship
Ro-ro ship
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*Water Transport – examples of ships*
Tramp
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*Water Transport – examples of ships*
Container ship can carry goods packed in special container.
Containerized shipping enable loading and unloading to be down quickly
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*Water Transport – examples of ships*
Refrigerated ship
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*Water Transport – Muara Port*
The business set up to look after the needs of goods at a port, such as loading and unloading is called stevedoring
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*Water Transport – River*
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Padian in Thailand
Water scooter
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*Water Transport – River*
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Canal is a man-made waterway.
Canoe
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*Water Transport – River*
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What ship goes under the Water?
Submarine
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*Water Transport – River*
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• Carry more and heavier cargo than a train or truck.
• Lower transportation cost than air transport.
• Most suitable form of transport for carrying large and heavy items.
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*Water Transport – Advantages*
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• It is a relatively slow form of transport and is
unsuitable for urgent goods.
• It cannot deliver goods directly to inland
destinations.
• Goods can be easily lost or damaged.
• Bad weather can cause delays and losses of goods
at sea.
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*Water Transport – Disadvantages*