Ocean Transportation

The Load Lines indicate how heavily a ship can be loaded.

Which has more simple equipment?

According to international convention, every ship must be registered in a specific country and fly that country’s flag

Which is NOT a limit of port infastructure?

Tramp carrier is primarily designed to carry the more simple and homogeneous cargo in huge quantity

Where is the bridge of a ship?

The starboard side is the right side of a ship

A service provided by a ship that does not operate on a regular schedule and is available to be chartered for any voyage

Gross Registered Tonnage is calculated for the purpose of determining the fee that a ship will pay to use a canal

Deadweight Tonnage is the difference in water displacement when the ship is empty and when it is fully loaded

Net tonnage is obtained by subtracting the volume of the engine room and the space in the ship from the gross tonnage

Which is NOT a Type of Bills of Lading

Type of machine used for lifting, loading and unloading cargo

the charterer can direct where the ship will go but the owner retains possession of the ship through its employment

the most economic form of transportation by which goods are moved between countries in the export process

The actual cargo capacity of a ship for a given voyage. It is the theoretical carrying capacity of a ship.

The country in which a ship is registered determines

The total volume of a ship’s carrying capacity

The Suez Canal in North Africa and the Panama Canal in Central America are not particularly important

The T3 is not charged for imports, exports and the transit of goods

The Load Lines shows the Classification Society of the ship

The location of most ports limit their ability to expand

liquid cargo that is loaded directly into the hold of a ship

Security concerns in ocean cargo shipments are dominated by these two types of requirements

Which is NOT a type of ship?

A bill of lading is a contract, a receipt, and a certificate of title

A service provided by a ship that operates on a regular schedule, traveling from port to port

Some flags have low costs and few regulations, called flags of convenience. Which two countries have these flags?

People rent the boat to be in charge of the operations and hire their own crew