Chapter 6 Flashcards
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is the movement of
people, goods, and services from one location to another.
fundamental aspect of daily
life, commerce, and trade, enabling economic activities and connectivity.
Transportation
-Involves the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
-Easy to approach marketplaces
-Increase in the income level of economy
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
-turning the local market into national markets
-increase the export and import
-makes available raw materials
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
-encourage the globalization
-formation of urban societies
-promotes brotherhood
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS
refers to the process of
moving goods from one location to another via different modes of transportation.
encompasses a range of services and solutions designed to handle various cargo types and shipping needs, from raw materials to finished products.
Freight transport
Originators of the transportation of goods.
Shippers (Consignors)
Entities responsible for physically moving the goods.
Carriers
End-users who receive
the transported goods at their final destination.
Receivers (Consignees)
is essentially a shipment of goods that a consignor (the sender) sends to a consignee
(the receiver).
“Consignment”
A consignment can involve one or more modes of transport, such as ocean freight, air freight, or ground transportation.
Transport Modes
The transport document is a critical component of a consignment. It outlines the terms and conditions of the
transport, the details of the goods, and the responsibilities
of each party.
Transport Document
refers to the movement of goods
and people across waterways using ships and other vessels. It is a key component of global trade, enabling the bulk transportation of commodities like oil, grain, and manufactured goods.
Maritime transport
are maritime facilities comprising one or more
wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge
cargo and passengers.
Ports
means loading and unloading of all kinds of goods
Cargo handling
Situated typically along rivers or lakes and away from the coastal frontiers, these ports serve as vital conduits for the distribution and consolidation of cargo.
Inland Ports
These are the unique ports to handle cargo only. These ports are also known as “bulk ports”, “break bulk ports”, or “container ports”.
Cargo Ports
Cater to different aspects of maritime activity, focusing on the tourists from cruise ships.
Cruise Ports
are mainly related to the commercial sphere as
they participate in fishing. Fishing activities can also be treated as a mode of recreation.
Fishing ports
are inland terminals that can be interconnected with a seaport via road or rail transportation facilities, and they usually
act as centers of multimodal logistics.
proves useful in the trade of importing and exporting cargo and can help to lessen
the inevitable congestion at a nearby seaport.
Dry Ports
are the most common types of ports worldwide used for commercial shipping activities. These ports are built on a sea
location and enable the accommodation of small and large vessels.
Sea Ports
Transport containerized goods like manufactured products, electronics, and consumer goods.
Container Ships
They mostly carry packaged goods but do not have space for containers. They use their own built-in cranes for loading and unloading operations once at ports.
General cargo ships
Carry dry bulk cargo such as grain, coal, iron ore, and cement.
Bulk Carriers
They are designed for the transport of a large amount
of liquid cargo like petroleum products (oil, gas), chemicals, wine, juice, etc. in bulk.
Tankers
