Grade 11 – Maritime Economics

September 26, 2016

Fishing

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/505379188″][vc_column_text] The Sea as a Source of Food The sea provides millions of tons of food per year for millions of people, and South African has fish resources that are consumed by local population and that are exported to many places. Some of the fish that are landed in […]
September 26, 2016

Extracting minerals, oil and gas from the ocean floor

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/505379489″][vc_column_text]See also the Grade 10 site for details of the various ships used to recover diamonds from the ocean floor and also the section covering vessels, platforms and other structures involved in undersea oil and gas production. The search for minerals on the ocean floor (e.g. diamonds off the […]
September 26, 2016

Alternative Energy Sources

As countries struggle with air pollution from carbon fuels such as coal and vehicle exhausts, they try to find alternative sources of energy. Solar power is becoming widely used in industry, homes and even in transport – a few vehicle carriers have large solar panels on their upper decks to […]
September 26, 2016

Test Yourself 1 – Grade 11

  Study the details in the extract from Lloyd’s Register above and answer the questions set. Why is MDO used every day on a ship, yet HFO is used only at sea? IVS Gleneagles began a charter on arrival at Saldanha Bay at 00:01 on 7 July. Using her own cranes […]