Cargo ports are important commercial centers where water transportation and land transportation

meet. Many goods, such as cars, oil, iron, and steel, are too heavy or unwieldy to be transported across
long distances by plane, train, or truck. Trains may transport such goods to a port, where they are
loaded onto a ship. Once on the ship, goods travel across the globe.

Some cargo ships are far too large to operate in a crowded port. Tugboats are small, powerful boats that
tug large ships behind them. The tugboat can pull the heavier ship into port with greater ease than the
ship could manage on its own. Tugboats are familiar sights at many ports.

Ports are significant sources of local employment. Ports are employers and also support employment in
related sectors such as trucking and rail transportation.

Ports serve as important transportation hubs that facilitate goods movement to businesses in local
communities and worldwide markets. As illustrated in the figure at right, ports can connect goods to
consumers through our highway system, railroads, air transit and domestic marine highways (water
transportation routes). These ports include seaports as well as smaller intercoastal and inland ports that
facilitate movement of goods between the seaports and local communities.

How do ports help the economy?

Ports serve as important transportation hubs that facilitate goods movement goods movement The
distribution of freight (including raw materials, parts and finished consumer products) by all modes of
transportation including marine, air, rail and truck. to businesses in local communities and worldwide
markets

How ports affect the economy of a country?

Ports support regional economies as well as local economies. Shifting trends in regional and
international trade can have a significant impact on goods distribution patterns and therefore on
regional economies. When port activity rises or falls, related business sectors, especially those in the
goods movement.

What is being monitored during cargo operation?

The officer in charge should closely monitor the ship's condition during cargo operations to ensure that
if a significant deviation from the agreed loading/unloading plan is detected all cargo and ballast
operations must STOP.

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What is a cargo operation?

cargo operations means activities relating to cargo and passengers and shall include, but not be limited
to, coordination of stevedores and terminal operators, reporting cargo to relevant customs authorities
and documentation.

Cargo Handling Refers to the Overall Transportation Activities in Warehouses and Logistics Centers.
Cargo handling refers to the overall activities in warehouses and logistics centers, such as loading and
unloading cargo, transporting cargo, warehousing, picking, and sorting.

Port operations are the authority that work alongside the port authority to undertake all of the above.
They ensure that cargo is moved from source through to the destination port terminal as seamlessly as
possible, keeping costs and time to a minimum.
An anchorage is a location at sea where ships can lower anchors.

Apron Area between the container yard and the waterfront - used to support the loading and discharge
of ships.

A turning basin, winding basin or swinging basin is a wider body of water, either located at the end of a
ship canal or in a port to allow cargo ships to turn and reverse their direction of travel, or to enable long
narrow barges in a canal to turn a sharp corner.

The berth is the term used in ports and harbors for a specific location at a port where a vessel may be
moored (make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor) , usually for the
purposes of loading and unloading.

Bollards are short, stocky structures generally built out of metal, used on piers or docks to help moor
the vessel to the port, by anchoring the tow lines.

The front of a boat is called the bow, while the rear of a boat is called the stern.

Buoy an anchored float serving as a navigation mark, to show reefs or other hazards, or for mooring.

Bulk cargo is a shipping term for items that are shipped loosely and unpackaged as opposed to being
shipped in packages or containers. An item may be classified as bulk cargo if it is not containerized and
easily secured on a vessel. Items such as oil, grain, or coal are all examples of bulk cargo.

A chassis in freight and logistics terms refers to a rubber-tired trailer under-frame on which a container
is mounted for street or highway transport.

Dock A structure built along, or at an angle from, a navigable waterway so that vessels may lie alongside
to receive or discharge cargo. Sometimes, the whole wharf is informally called a dock. The act of
bringing in a vessel to tie up at a wharf berth. One parks a car, but docks a ship.

In dry docking, a ship is removed from the water to enable work to be performed on the exterior part of
the ship below the waterline. Ships are constructed on dry docks. In launching, the new or repaired ship
is either floated in place or slid from its berth.

Port dues are fees paid by ships for docking in certain ports or waterways. These 3 concepts ensure that
shipping costs are fair and balanced for all parties involved in the transaction. The actual charge for port
dues is set by the port authority of the location where the ship is docking.

A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored
ships. Lighters were traditionally unpowered and were moved and steered using long oars called
"sweeps" and the motive power of water currents.

A manifest is a compilation of information about the goods carried on a means of transport (ship,
airplane, truck, rail wagon and barge), together with the information about the means of transport, such
as its identification, characteristics and route.

A manifest, in general, is a complete list of the cargo or passengers. Just like the cargo manifest, the
passenger manifest lists details of all the passengers who are onboard a ship or airplane. This list would
include details of the crew members as well.
THREE-FOLD DIVISION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS (1) Inland/Internal/National Waters. - they are parts of
the sea within the land territory (2) Territorial Sea. - it is the belt of water outside and parallel to the
outer limits of the inland/internal waters. (3) High/Open Seas.

Port of entry – where cargo is unloaded and enters a country.

A terminal is a carrier hub where trucks connect to transfer packages along different lanes and routes.
Terminals may also be referred to as distribution centers or service centers. Using a carrier terminal to
ship freight is easy and saves you time and money.

Transit shed - a building located on or near a pier (piershed ) or wharf (wharf shed ) used for short-term
storage of cargo in transit.

A wharf is a platform built on the shore that extends over the surface of the water. On the wharf, you
saw people preparing to set sail. A wharf provides access for ships and boats, that can pull up and dock
alongside it. In fact, wharfs are also called docks or piers.