PART 2

Cards (65)

  • Types of Coaches
    1. Single Deck
    2. Double-Decker Bus
    3. Trolley
  • Single Deck
    Only has 1 level.
  • Double-Decker Bus
    Has 2 levels. Primarily for passengers, but open-top models used as sigh-seeing buses for tourists.
  • Trolley
    Powered electrically by two overhead wires.
  • Rail
    • Means of conveyance of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, aka tracks.
    • Train Transport
    • Popular in most developed countries
  • Types of Rail
    1. Passenger Train
    2. Freight Train
  • Passenger Train
    • Travels between stations where passengers may embark and disembark.
    • Companies: Amtrak (US), Eurorail (EU), Bullet Trains (JP), LRT/MRT/PNR (PH)
  • Freight Train
    The use of railroads and trains to transport cargo.
  • Water Transportation - Practice of transport passengers and cargo through waterways.
    • Waterways are navigable bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, and canals.
  • River
    • Natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward ocean, lake, or another stream.
    • Eg: Pasig River links Laguna de Bay into Manila Bay
  • Canals
    • Require artificial waterways made for irrigation, navigation, or both.
    • Transport here requires lots of capital invest in construction and maintenance of its track.
  • Seas
    • Part of ocean partially enclosed by land.
    • Smaller than oceans and usually located where land and ocean meet.
  • Ocean
    • Entire body of salt water covers more than 70% of earth's surface.
  • Lakes
    • Can either be natural like rivers or artificial like canals.
    • Generally found in mountainous areas.
    • Many are artificial and constructed for industrial or agricultural use, hydro-electric power generation, or for dome water supply
  • Water Transpo.
    1. River
    2. Canals
    3. Lakes
    4. Seas
    5. Ocean
  • Water Transpo. Infras.
    1. Port
    2. Harbor
    3. Marina
    4. Pier
    5. Dock
    6. Vessels
  • Ports
    • Facility receiving ships and transferring cargo. Usually found at edge of ocean, sea, river, lake.
  • Harbor
    • Place where ships shelter from weather or are stored.
  • Marina
    • Sheltered harbor where boats and yachts kept in water and where services geared to needs of recreational boating are found.
    • Differs from port because it not handle large passenger ships or cargo from freighters.
  • Pier
    • Raised walkway over the water, supported by widely spread piles or pillars.
  • Dock
    • Body of water taken by a vessel when tied to a manmade structure (pier, wharf, float, etc.)
    • Group of structures involved in handling of boats or ships usually on or close to shore.
  • 2 Types of Water Transpo: Boats and Ships
  • Ships
    1. Cargo
    2. Passenger Vessels
    3. Special Purpose Vessels
  • Boats
    • Watercraft designed to float, work, or travel on water.
    • Naval terms = small vessel to be carried another ship.
    • Comes in variety shapes, sizes, and construction methods due to their intended purpose, available materials, or local traditions. 
  • 3 Types of Boats
    1. Unpowered or Human-Powered Boats
    2. Sailboats
    3. Motorboats
  • Unpowered or Human-Powered Boats
    Propelled by using human power.
  • Sailboats
    • Propelled solely by means of a sail.
    • A sail is piece of canvas or other fabric extended on rigging to catch the wind and propel vessel.
  • Motorboats
    • Powerboats propelled by internal combustion or electric engine. 
    • Range in size from miniature craft designed to carry 1 person to seagoing vessels of 100 feet or more.
  • Ships
    • Large buoyant watercraft.
    • Distinguished from boats based on size, shape, and cargo or passenger capacity.
    • Used on lakes, seas, rivers, and oceans for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing, entertainment, public safety, and warfare.
  • 2 Types of Cargo: Dry and Wet
  • Dry Cargo
    • Used to carry solid dry goods such as metal ores, coal, steel products, forest products, etc.
    • Have a higher tolerance to heat and cold. 
    • These vessels are equipped with on-deck cranes and other mechanisms for loading and unloading goods. 
  • Types of Dry Cargo
    1. Barge
    2. Bulk Carriers
    3. Container Ships
    4. Reefer Ships
    5. Costal Trading Vessels
  • Barge
    Flat-bottomed boat, mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Most are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats.
  • Bulk Carriers
    Used to transport bulk cargo items such as ore, coal, cement, food staples, etc. It can be recognized by the large box-like hatches on its deck, designed to slide outboard for loading.
  • Container Ships
    • Containerization is technique to carry entire load in truck-size containers. 
    • Primarily used for the transportation of non-bulk cargo, generally manufactured goods in truck-size intermodal containers. 
    • Informally known as "box boats," they carry approximately 90% of the world’s non-bulk cargo.
  • Reefer Ships
    Typically used to transport perishable commodities which require temperature-controlled transportation.
  • Coastal Trading Vessels
    • Aka coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. 
    • Their shallow hulls (main body of the ship) mean can get through reefs.
  • Liquid Cargo
    • Carry cargo in liquid form. 
    • Possible cargoes are crude oil, oil products, wine, and chemical substances. 
  • Type of Liquid Cargo
    1. Tankers
  • Tankers
    • Transport of fluids, such as crude oil, petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, and chemicals, also vegetable oils, wine, and other food. 
    • This sector comprises one-third of the world's tonnage.