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10 Introduction
10.0 All the Grade 10 Videos
10.1 Learning Outcome 1: Maritime World
10.1.1 Terminology used by the shipping industry
Parts of ships and equipment aboard ships
Some more terms for parts of the ship
Ship’s Load Line
Some more names for parts of a ship
Describing the position of an object from on board a ship
Relative positions aboard ships
Some parts of ships are shown below
Engine Room
Hatchcovers
Wheelhouse
Various Ship Types
Containerships
Bulk Carriers
Tankers and Gas Carriers
Multi-purpose Ships
Passenger Ships
Refrigerated Ships
Ro-ro ships
Heavylift Ships
Ferries
Fishing vessels
Tugs
Dredgers
Warships
General terminology relating to ships
Test yourself: terminology
10.1.2 Continents, water masses, canals, sea currents and major ports
Continents, lines of latitude, lines of longitude, oceans and ocean currents
Seas, gulfs, bays and straits
Canals, major navigable rivers and some important ports
Europe
Test yourself: Continents, water masses sea currents and major ports
10.1.3 Time Zones
10.1.4 Maritime Careers
Harbour Services
Ship chandlers and ship repair services
Ship chartering, brokering and management.
Crewing of ships
Working ashore
Marine salvage
10.2. Learning Outcome 2: Shipping Operations
10.2.1 Port location, construction and operations
10.2.2 Major shipping companies
Grindrod
Maritime Carrier Services (MACS)
African Marine Solutions (AMSOL)
10.2.3 Marine Salvage
10.2.4. Calculating voyage duration
10. 3 Learning Outcome 3: International Trade
10.3.1. History of the South African maritime trade
10.3.2 The world’s leading trading nations
10.3.3 The advantages of containerisation
10.3.4 Transgressions of maritime law
10. 4 Learning Outcome 4: Maritime Environmental Challenges
10.4.1 The Physical Maritime Environment
Tides
Ocean Currents
10.4.2 Meteorological factors that impact on shipping operations, in port and at sea.
10.4.3 The fragility of marine ecosystems and the need to safeguard such systems.
10.4.4 Extraction of marine resources
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General terminology relating to ships
Ballast Sea water that is pumped into the ship’s tanks to trim the ship, i.e. to ensure that she is not too high in the bow, or too high in the stern, or listing (leaning to one side) when putting to sea. Ballast is also put into a ship’s tanks […]