{"id":170,"date":"2016-08-22T10:40:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T10:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/?p=170"},"modified":"2016-10-28T12:11:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T12:11:41","slug":"major-ship-repair-facilities-in-south-african-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/2016\/08\/22\/major-ship-repair-facilities-in-south-african-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"Major ship repair facilities in South African ports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cape Town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Sturrock Drydoc<\/strong>k<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Docking Length\u00a0 360m<\/td>\nBreadth\u00a0 38.4. (floor)<\/td>\nWater Depth 14m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Robinson Drydock<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Docking Length\u00a0 161m<\/td>\nBreadth\u00a0 17.2m (floor)<\/td>\nWater Depth\u00a0 7.9m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Synchrolift<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum lift: 1750 tons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

There is also a small shipbuilding industry in Cape Town, specialising in tugs, small patrol vessels, crew-change vessels.<\/p>\n

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East London<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Princess Elizabeth Drydock<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Docking Length\u00a0 200m<\/td>\nBreadth\u00a0 24.8m (floor)<\/td>\nWater Depth 10.2m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Durban<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Prince Edward Drydock<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Docking Length\u00a0 352m<\/td>\nBreadth\u00a0 33.5m (floor)<\/td>\nWater Depth 12.5m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Synchrolift (Naval vessels)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum lift: 2300 tons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

There is also a small shipbuilding industry in Durban, specialising in the building of tugs.<\/p>\n

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Simon\u2019s Town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Selborne Drydock (Naval vessels)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Docking Length\u00a0 229m<\/td>\nBreadth\u00a0 29m (floor)<\/td>\nWater Depth 9.5m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Synchrolift (Naval vessels)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum lift:\u00a02000 tons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Test Yourself : South African Ship Repair Facilities<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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  1. Which drydock is the longest?<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Which synchrolift has the greatest lifting capability?<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. A ship, Amy P<\/em>, has lost her propeller between 25 nautical miles east of Mossel Bay, and needs drydocking. Her dimensions are : Length : 224 metres\u00a0\u00a0 Beam : 29 metres. Look at the distances between ports and the dimensions given for the drydocks.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    • Which is the nearest port with a drydock that could accommodate Amy P<\/em>?<\/span><\/li>\n
    • What is the steaming distance from Amy P\u2019s<\/em> position to the port that has a suitably large drydock?<\/span><\/li>\n
    • A tug has indicated that she will arrive at Amy P\u2019s<\/em> position at 08:00 on 3 May. It will take about three hours to connect the tow. If the tug master estimates that his vessel will steam at about 7 knots while towing Amy P<\/em>, how long will it take for the tug and her tow to reach the port? Round off to the next hour.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • What is the ETA of the tug and her tow at that port?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Cape Town Sturrock Drydock Docking Length\u00a0 360m Breadth\u00a0 38.4. (floor) Water Depth 14m Robinson Drydock Docking Length\u00a0 161m Breadth\u00a0 17.2m (floor) Water Depth\u00a0 7.9m Synchrolift Maximum lift: 1750 tons There is also a small shipbuilding industry in Cape Town, specialising in tugs, small patrol vessels, crew-change vessels.   East London […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-11-1-2-1-southern-african-ports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/grade-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}