Modes of Transportation

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Modes of Transportation

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• K Anandhi

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International ocean transportation

• Liner ships
• Tramp ships

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Others

• Suez max ships
• Cape size ships
• Very large crude carrier
• Ultra large crude carrier

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Dead weight tonnage- DWT

• Total capacity of the ship that is the maximum
  weight of the cargo it can carry
• Expressed in long tones
• Tonnage is the measurement used by the companies
• It includes the bunker and stores

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• Registered tonnage
• Displacement tonnage
• Light tonnage
• Plimsoll lines

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Broad based groups

• Container ships
• Roll on/Roll off ships
• Break bulk ships
• Combination ships
• Lighter aboard ship(LASH ship)
• Crude carriers
• Dry bulk carriers
• Gas carriers

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Chartering

• Time charter
• Voyage charter
• Demise charter
• Non vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCC)

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International Air Transportation

• Passenger planes
• Combis
• Air freighters
• Charters
• International land transportation
• Rail transportation

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Alternative means of transportation world wide

1. Pipe lines
2. Barges
3. Hovercrafts