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Modes of transport: Sea

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:22:23+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

The Oriana a cruise ship from Germany. Image credit totifun.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Modes of transport: Sea

Sea Transport.

Advantages

Is cheap.
Suitable for:
bulky cargo e.g. crude oil.
Heavy goods e.g. mineral ores.
Mixed cargo i.e. different goods.
Different types and sizes of ships […]

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Tramp ships

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:24:00+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

Tramp ship carrying containers. Image credit ecuadoratyourservice.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Tramp ships

Tramps

Cargo ships which are for hire.
They can be hired for a specific time and journey.
They trade on the spot market.
They can be chartered at the Baltic Exchange in […]

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Types of sea transport: Liners

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:25:26+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

The Carnival Magic, an ocean liner for people. Image credit wordpress.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Liners

Liners

They are also known as ocean liners
Cargo ships which are not meant for hiring.
There are also ocean liners that carry people.
They follow […]

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Oil Bulk Ore (O.B.O) Ships

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:26:28+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

Sabrina I, a bulk carrier. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Oil Bulk Ore (O.B.O) Ships

Bulk Carriers

They are also known as Bulk Carriers.
They are a specialised type of ship (tankers) which carry special types of cargo.
These are bulk carrier […]

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Roll on Roll off (RoRo) Ships

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:27:15+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

A RoRo ship loading. Image credit venice.it ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Roll on Roll off (RoRo) Ships

Roll on Roll off (Ro-Ro) ships

These are specialised types of vessels.
They allow lorries or vehicles loaded with their own cargo to:
to be driven onto the ship (roll […]

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Ocean Tankers

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:28:19+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

An oil tanker. Image credit arabiangazette.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Ocean Tankers

Tankers

They are large in size ranging from a few thousand tons to over 500 000 tons in size.
They are a bulky type of carrier ship that specialise in transporting liquids e.g. […]

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Documents used in shipping: Charter Party

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:29:03+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

A time charter. Image credit lawandsea.net ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Documents used in shipping: Charter Party

Charter Party.

A contract document used to hire a ship for example tramp ships.
It can be known as a voyage charter when hiring a ramp for a specific […]

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Containerisation

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:29:46+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

Maersk Container ship. Image credit fleetmon.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Containerisation

Containerisation

Refers to the carriage of goods in standardised large containers (boxes) made of metal.
The containers are:
filled with goods ready for transportation.
They are sealed in the presence of custom officials at the point […]

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Introduction: The importance of transport

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:15:13+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

Coal being transported from the mines to the a Thermal Power station. Image credit transportationissuedaily.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Introduction and Importance of transport.