Maritime Transportation
Marine transportation or water transportation is one of the types of transportation methods. In sea transportation, goods, cargo and passengers are transported by sea. Sea freight has been widely used over the years. Today, with the advent of air transportation, the importance of sea transportation has decreased.
Comparing the cost of air transportation with sea transportation, the sea transportation method is more affordable.
Sea transportation is carried out in cases such as the transfer and movement of people, as well as goods. In sea transportation, from means of transportation such as barges, boats, cargo ships, etc. is used. This method of transportation is done through water channels, oceans, seas and lakes.
Usually, the goods that are moved through the sea transportation method have a large tonnage. In this method of transportation, a lot of time is spent to reach the destination. On the other hand, since there is no access to high seas(international waters) in some countries, sea transportation is impossible in them, but despite this, sea transportation has its popularity among all types of transportation. Sea transportation is one of the most popular methods and also a huge amount of world trade depends on this type of transportation.
Types of sea transportation methods
- Groupage
- Tranship
- Chartering
- Cross-staffing
Types of cargo in sea transportation
Each product needs its own packaging. Here we bring you some types of these loads.
- Liquid bulk cargo
- Dry bulk cargo
- Container cargo load
Shipping terms
- Carrier
- Fob
- Sif
- Bill of lading
- forward
- Loading
- C&F
- Delivery from ship
- Delivery from the pier
- Tranship bill of lading
- FAS (free alongside ship)
- sea waybill of received cargo
Advantages of sea transportation
- low cost
- High safety
- Helping the environment
- Carrying heavy and large volumes
Disadvantages of sea transportation
- being slow
- Difficult tracking
- Low flexibility
- Requires multiple shipments
Last word
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