Организация перевозок и управление на водном транспорте вводный курс английского языка. Практикум
.pdfOne of the large mining districts in Britain is Wales, where the towns and villages are populated by thousands of miners.
2. Answer the questions:
1. What can you say about geographical position of Great Britain? 2. What are the most important ports on the British coast? 3. What cargoes do British ships transport to Britain? 4. What can you say about British rivers? 5. What are shipbuilding regions in Britain?
3. Read about the port of London.
•Facsimile equipment — факсимильное оборудование;
•Certain restrictions — определенные ограничения;
•Passenger landing stage — пассажирский терминал;
•Repair jetty — ремонтный пирс;
•Heavy duty trucks — погрузчики для тяжелых грузов;
•Grab crane — грейферный кран.
The port of London
The Port of London is situated on the river Thames. Its position: latitude: 51°37’00’’N, longitude: 00°57’19’’E.
Pilotage is compulsory. Ships requiring the services of a pilot must make a notification 24 hours in advance. They must state the ETA, length overall, draft and destination.
The Thames Navigation Service operates 24 hours a day. It is equipped with VHF radio, telephones, telex and facsimile equipment.
Certain restrictions are placed on the navigation of the vessels carrying petroleum, chemicals, explosives and other dangerous goods.
The Port of London has terminals, berths, passenger landing stage, cargo and repair jetties. Among them: container terminal, general purpose berths, Ro/Ro terminal, grain terminal. There are 40 berths for tankers. Cargoes are handled with special equipment, such as container cranes, tractors and trailers, fork-lift trucks, light and heavy duty trucks, quay and gantry cranes, coaster and barge loading points, grab cranes.
So, the port of London handles general and bulk cargoes, such as grain, bulk ore, steel and other metals, forest products in all forms. There are special Ro\Ro terminals for handling vehicles and terminals for oil and oil products.
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4. Answer the questions:
1)What is the port of London position?
2)What river is the port of London situated?
3)Who requires a compulsory pilotage?
4)What vessels does the port of London accept?
5)What information must the vessels give before entering the port?
6)Please decipher ETA.
7)How many berths for tankers are there in the port of London?
8)What restrictions are there in the port of London?
9)What cargoes does the port of London handle?
10)What do you know about London docks?
5. Read text about the port of Liverpool.
The port of Liverpool
Liverpool is situated near the river Mercy falling into the Irish Sea. This port includes about 25 % of foreign import and about 60 % of export.
Liverpool is specialized in transshipment of general cargo, container, oil and mass cargoes. It takes one of the first places in the world in processing general cargoes.
Water area of anchorage is about 8.1 km: 2 km for the small tonnage ships and about 2.03 km and 2 for the big tonnage ships. The largest depth of berth is 8.38 m.
Liverpool is joined with Manchester port by the shipping channel. Length of channel is 57 km. Depth of it is 8.5 m.
Port consists of docks, special moorings, river piers. There are 45 piers in this port. They are situated on the right bank of the Mercy river. There are also opened and covered warehouses for storage mass and container cargoes. Mooring capacity of passenger district is 1,200 passengers/hour. Ships can be repaired by 10 shiprepair yards in this port.
The turnover of Liverpool is about 29.7 mln tons every year. About 16,000 vessels call at port every year.
5. Find the information about any British port. Tell your group about it or prepare the presentation under the following plan:
1)Name of the port.
2)Location of the port.
3)Position of the port (latitude & longitude).
4)Pilotage.
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5)Vessels the port accepts.
6)Berths and terminals.
7)Cargoes to be handled in the port.
8)Cargo-handling facilities.
6. Practise grammar a little. You should know the Passive Voice structure and its use.
1.Deck officers … by shipping companies for ship’s management. a) are employed;
b) employed; c) employs.
2.Pilotage service … conducting the ships through dangerous areas. a) is included;
b) includes;
c) are included.
3.Foreign ships … in the port of Novorossiysk.
a)are serviced;
b)is serviced;
c)service.
4.We … business letters last lesson. a) are reading;
b) were read; c) read.
5.My company … seamen for interview every month. a) is invited;
b) invite; c) invites.
6.This letter … tomorrow morning.
a)will be sent;
b)was sent;
c)will send.
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7. Watch … to the 3d Officer 10 min ago.
a)is given over;
b)was given over;
c)will be given over.
8.The agent … port dues and charges. a) is paid;
b) pays; c) is pay.
9.Master … sailors’ work on board. a) supervises;
b) supervising; c) is supervised.
10.They … that employment agreement two months ago. a) were signed;
b) signed; c) sign.
11.I … my friend about my promotion.
a)informed;
b)informs;
c)are informing.
12.These goods … in China. a) are producing;
b) produce;
c) are produced.
13.A Surveyor … on board for inspection. a) was invited;
b) invited;
c) were invited.
14.As a rule, sailors … cargo handling facilities. a) are prepared;
b) are preparing; c) prepare.
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15.My passport … by the Customs when I cross the Border Point. a) will take;
b) are taken;
c) will be taken.
16.They … my message only on Friday.
a)will receive;
b)will be received;
c)will be receive.
17.My message … yesterday. a) received;
b) will be received; c) was received.
18.Cargo Plan … at the Chief Controller’s Office. a) are drawn up;
b) is drawn up; c) is drew up.
19.Ship Agent and Master … Cargo Plan.
a)is drawn up;
b)are drawn up;
c)draw up.
20. Head line … for securing the ship to berth.
a)is used;
b)is use;
c)uses.
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UNIT 11. TYPES OF SHIPS
1. Memorize these words:
•on the one (other) hand — с одной (другой) стороны;
•dry bulk cargo — сухой груз навалом;
•bulk carrier — навалочное судно, балкер;
•liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier — судно-газовоз для сжиженных при-
родных газов;
•liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) — бензовоз;
•universal ship — универсальное судно;
•container ship — контейнеровоз;
•tramp — трамповое судно;
•ship in distress — судно, терпящее бедствие;
•to cope with… — справляться с…;
•clear of quay — вдали от причала;
•tug — буксир;
•port congestion — загруженность порта;
•steel ramps —стальные рампы;
•ice-breaker — ледокол;
•timber carrier — лесовоз;
•reefer — рефрижераторное судно;
•ferry — паром;
•vehicle — автомашина, транспортное средства.
2. Read the text, translate it:
All cargo ships are divided into dry-cargo carriers and liquid cargo carriers. There are also OBO ships carrying both dry and liquid cargo.
Example of liquid cargo carriers are oil tankers, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and chemical carriers.
Dry cargo ships, in their turn, are divided into universal vessels, designed to carry all types of cargo, and specialized vessels designed to carry one particular type of cargo. They are fruit ships, gas — carriers, timber-carriers, barge-carriers, ferries, reefers. A tug is a special purpose ship, it assists ships in entering and leaving ports. An ice-breaker conducts ships through the ice. A salvage ship gives assistance to the ships in distress.
Universal ships are liners and tramps. Liners are intended to carry general cargo, packaged cargo, containers, and also, in dependence of the route, special, liq-
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uid and refrigerated cargoes. Tramps are designed, as a rule, to carry bulk cargoes and timber, but can also carry general cargo if necessary. These ships must be of sufficient size to carry a profitable cargo and must be able to cope with bad weather conditions in any ocean; they must not be too large to enter the smaller ports of the world. Their cargo spaces are holds, tweendecks and deeptanks. Holds and tweendecks are used to carry general and bulk cargoes. Deeptanks may be of two types. The first type is designed to carry liquids only. The second type is designed to carry liquid and dry cargoes in turn. Empty deeptanks are also used for liquid ballast. Liners may have special cargo spaces (to carry valuable or dangerous goods, etc.) and refrigerated cargo spaces.
Depending on the cargo handling method cargo ships may be divided into: LO/LO (lift on, lift off) using cranes and derricks for loading and discharging; RO/RO (roll on, roll off) vessels using rolled vehicles for loading and discharging and FO/FO (float on, float off) vessels using docking method of loading and discharging. These three trends of specialized ships are very popular. RO/RO ships have bow and stern doors and adjustable steel ramps which permit vehicles to drive on board and drive off again. They require minimum dock-side facilities.
FO/FO ships include barge-carrier and LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship). There are some advantages of this type of ship: 1) rapid loading and unloading; 2) barge carrier can anchor and moor clear of quays and thus avoid port congestion.
3. Answer the questions:
1.How can merchant ships be classified?
2.What are two possible ways of classification of cargo ships?
3.What examples of dry cargo and liquid cargo carriers do you know?
4.What is the difference between universal ships and specialized ships?
5.What are liners?
6.What are tramps?
7.What cargo spaces have liners (tramps)?
8.How can all ships be classified depending on cargo-handling method?
9.What are the examples of Fo-Fo ships?
10.What are the advantages of Ro-Ro ships?
4.Retell the text about types of ships.
5.Testing grammar! Express future in English:
1) Мы отправляемся завтра утром. a) We are leaving tomorrow morning.
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b)We will be leaving tomorrow morning.
c)We will leave tomorrow morning.
2)Вы собираетесь вести переговоры с этой компанией? a) Will you carry on negotiations with this company?
b) Are you going to carry on negotiations with this company? c) Do you carry on negotiations with this company?
3)На следующей неделе мы подготовим соглашение о транспортировке
груза.
a) We prepare an agreement of cargo transshipment next week.
b) We will be preparing an agreement of cargo transshipment next week. c) We will prepare an agreement of cargo transshipment next week.
4)Если я буду свободен завтра, то просмотрю весь пакет грузовых доку-
ментов.
a) If I will be free tomorrow I will look through a pile of cargo documents. b) If I am free tomorrow I will look through a pile of cargo documents.
c) If I will be free I look through a pile of cargo documents.
5)Они закончат погрузку к 5 вечера
a)They will complete loading by 5 o’clock.
b)They will have completed loading by 5 o’clock.
c)They are completing loading by 5 o’clock.
6)Когда судно прибывает в порт назначения? a) When will a vessel arrive at port of destination?
b) When will a vessel be arriving at port of destination? c) When is a vessel arriving at port of destination?
7)Кто будет выгружать груз?
a)Who will discharge cargo?
b)Who is discharging cargo?
c)Who will have discharged cargo?
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ARE YOU READY FOR EXAMINATION?
If you want to be successful in English you will have to take the exams. These questions will help you.
1.Why do we call English as an international language?
2.What can you say about English as a commercial language?
3.What are English-speaking countries?
4.What can you say about geographical position of the UK?
5.What is Great Britain specialized in?
6.What are the largest British ports? Name them.
7.What can you say about rivers in Great Britain?
8.What cargoes does the port of London handle?
9.What facilities are there in the port of London for handling cargoes?
10.What can you say about Russia as a seafaring country?
11.What is the turnover of Russia?
12.What cargoes do Russian vessels carry?
13.What place did Merchant Marine of the USSR have?
14.What can you say about prospects of our Russian Merchant Marine?
15.What Russian sea ports do you know?
16.What shipments is the port of Novorossiysk specialized in?
17.What sections does the port of Novorossiysk consists of?
18.What can you say about Rostov-on-Don as a large transport unit of Russia?
19.What cargoes does the port of Rostov handle?
20.What is cargo rate of the port of Rostov?
21.What economic functions does a merchant sea port perform?
22.What administrative functions does a merchant sea port perform?
23.Who is the head of a sea port?
24.What is Harbour Master responsible for?
25.What complexes are there in the port for handling cargoes? What do these complexes include?
26.Who is the head of cargo handling complex? What is his main duty?
27.What departments are there on board ship?
28.What can you say about Deck Department?
29.What can you say about Engine Department?
30.Who is responsible for ship and cargo?
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31.Who ensures proper preparations of the holds before loading?
32.What types are all ships divided into?
33.What difference is there between universal and specialized vessels?
34.What do we call a vessel which carries different types of cargoes in different directions?
35.What cargoes do liners carry?
36.What cargoes do tramps carry?
37.What cargo spaces have tramps?
38.What do we call the ships with horizontal method of loading and discharging? What facilities do they have for this?
39.What vessels use vertical method of loading and discharging?
40.What is the advantage of Ro-Ro ships?
41.Name the examples of Fo-Fo ships.
42.What are the advantages of Fo-Fo ships?
You must be ready to speak about:
1.English is an international language.
2.Great Britain.
3.The port of London.
4.Russian Merchant Marine.
5.The port of Rostov.
6.Organization of operations in sea port.
7.The port of Novorossiysk.
8.Ship’s crew.
9.Types of ships.
Act out the following situations:
1.You are an office manager. Offer a newcomer to fill up a blank form. What questions would you ask him? Tell him about his post in your Company.
2.You are working for a shipping company. Speak about kind of service you render.
3.You are a Master of a dry cargo ship. Speak about main particulars of your ship, cargo to be carried, port of destination, port of registry.
4.You are a first-year cadet. You are in a port. Ask about specification of this port.
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