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11.2 Shipping Operations
Shipping Operations

Role of a harbour as the interface between sea transport and other modes of transport

September 7, 2016

Engineering Officer

August 31, 2016

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A number of different organisations and agencies play a role in operating a ship efficiently. The diagram below shows some of the role players in operating a ship.

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11 Introduction
- 11.0 All the Grade 11 videos
11.1 The Maritime World
11.2 Shipping Operations
11.3 International Trade
11.4 Maritime Environmental Challenges
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From an early age, Brian Ingpen walked the wharves and jetties of Cape Town harbour, stimulating his fascination with ships and their cargoes. Time on tugs and aboard ships as a schoolboy made shipping a focus that naturally led him to the South African Navy for his national service [...] Read more

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