MarEng Plus Teachers Manual/Intermediate Level/Unit 2 Welcome to a Modern Port

Unit 2 Welcome to a Modern Port

Read & Listen

Exercise 1

Today a major port is a world of its own. Modern port facilities have to meet the demands of
highly specialised transport systems by sea, land and air. And so within the boundaries of any large
sea port we find an amazing range of services.

A modern port maintains shipping channels, harbour basins, and navigation aids as well as the port
infrastructure such as wharves, quays, docks, storage areas and warehouses, cranes for cargo
handling and terminals for cargoes and passengers. It provides pilots and pilot vessels, tugs for
towage and emergency response vessels in cases of accidents at sea.

Exercise 2

Ships Chandlers
Shipping Agent
Stevedoring Company
Ship Brokers
Companies for Marine Equipment and
Ships Repair
Shipping Company

procures e.g. food articles and other equipment

needed by ships
represents ship owners in port, carries out services
for ships
provides personnel (and equipment) for loading and
discharging
a company that buys and sells ships
provides equipment for repair and maintenance of
ships
a ship- owning company offering service for
shipment of goods overseas

Exercise 3

dry bulk
a fertilizer
grain
logistics
coal
ore
shipment
molasses

loose cargo e.g. sand

a natural or chemical substance used to make plants
grow
the small hard seeds of food plants such as wheat
and rye
maintenance
black substance dug from underground burnt as fuel
rock or soil from which you can get metal
an amount of goods sent from one place to another
sweet thick dark liquid used in sweet dishes

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petrol
liquid bulk
petroleum
sodium carbonate
general cargo

fuel used in car engines Am. gasoline

liquids
a mineral oil from which paraffin, benzine etc. are
obtained
Na2CO3
piece cargo

Exercise 4

1.

Santander lies or is <situated> on the north coast of Spain.

2.

It is a popular holiday <resort>.

3.

Santander is an old port town; it was <founded> by the Romans.

4.

In Santander water, road and railway transport meet; it is an important <junction>.

5.

Traffic included or <comprised> five million tons of goods in 2003.

6.

<Liner> traffic is when a ship goes on the same route back and forth between two ports.

7.

Passenger ferries and cruise ships berth at a <passenger terminal>.

8.

Traffic has become more lively; there has been an <increase> in traffic.

9.

RORO is short for <roll- on- roll- off|roll-on, roll-off>.

10.

When you put money into something and hope to make a profit we say you <invest>.

11.

The sum put up is called an <investment>.

12.

RORO traffic stands or <accounts for> for 65% of the general cargo traffic.

13.

The Port authorities have had to set up or <install> specialized equipment for vehicle
handling.

Reading Comprehension: Vessel types

Exercise 1

barrel
bale
crate
grabber

a round container often for oil, for example

a large bundle of goods packed and fastened up
a wooden box
a clutching device for handling cargo

pallet

a platform with or without sides on which you can

load packages or crates
a pail
something made of leather, paper, cloth or plastic for
holding articles or goods
a metal box of standard size used for cargo
a funnel like a cone upside down through which

bucket
bag
container
hopper

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bin
carton
conveyor

grain passes into a truck or hold

a box in which things (grain, scrap metal etc.) may
be stored or put
a box made of cardboard
a belt or chain for moving large quantities of goods

Exercise 2

GENERAL CARGO

DRY BULK

LIQUID BULK

machinery parts
piece goods
timber
paper rolls
electronics

sand
scrap metal
grain
ore
soya beans
fertilizers
coal
cereals
sodium carbonate

oil
chemicals
petroleum
molasses
gas