mercredi 16 novembre 2016

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Boat Shipping

By James Cole


Ship transport is a type of watercraft that would carry people or the passengers and goods or the cargo. Ever since in the history, this has become the largest freight carrier. Even though its importance for people has decreased because of aviation, this is still very useful for some short trips and for pleasure cruises. If compared to air transportation, this is cheaper.

Ship transport may be used with ships, barges, boat, or sailboats in any distances over the lakes and the oceans, even on canals and rivers as well. The purposes of this may be for recreation, military, or commerce purposes. Almost all types of goods and materials can be transported with this boat shipping, but this can be impractical for perishable products such as food.

However, the transport is cost effective. The cost efficiency of its construction and its maintenance is due to the small amount that is needed for the investment. The cargoes can be rescheduled. Examples for these cargoes would include consumer products such as bulk loads and heavy loads like grains, ores, coke, or coal. This transportation type became one of the significant roles in order to bring the parts closer into any places in the world.

So here are the following pros and cons of this. The first advantage on this is it has lower costs. Since rivers, lakes, and oceans are just natural highways, thus, costs for its construction and its maintenance is not needed anymore. Water transportation has 2 main types which are the ocean and the inland transport. The inland transport is said to be the cheapest when carrying goods due to the low operation it has.

It also has a very large capacity, and thus, it can be able to carry large quantities of both bulky and heavy loads like coal, timber, etc. The services are flexible if compared to railways and this means that the requirements may be changed or adjusted from time to time. And lastly, it has a lower risks for accidents compared to other forms of transports.

And the next paragraphs are its disadvantages. The first disadvantage is its low speed. One important factor that needs to be considered for carrying goods is the speed. Speed affects the time especially in some cases in which there is a need for faster transportation. There are also limitations on the areas of operations.

And sometimes, it cannot be operated due to the changes in season, specifically, during winter season since rivers and canals may freeze and if it is summer, the level of water may be very low. There are times when the river will have some changes in its course, thus, it may cause the dislocation of the trade route. Lastly, this is not suited for small businesses because of the longer time that it would take on carrying the goods.

The ocean transport also has 2 main types including coastal shipping and overseas shipping. The advantages of using these two includes no required huge amounts of investment since the operation takes place on natural tracks. And because sea has a smooth surface, lesser amount of tractive power is only required.

Reducing the risks for damages is also an advantage. These transportation are suitable also for moving goods into distant places. These are indispensable also to foreign trades.




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