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Gdynia Maritime Academy
The aim of the integrated educational system is the optimal conduct of the maritime education of professional staff for the needs of maritime industry.
Poland
The Nautical Institute
The Nautical Institute is the world's leading international professional organisation for qualified Mariners.
Its principal aim is to promote high standards of knowledge, qualification and competence amongst those in control of seagoing craft.
United Kingdom
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Member: Mark |
Post Date: 7/29/2009 |
can anyone define port congestion to include road, rail and other ancilliary port services?
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Member: anonymous |
Post Date: 12/11/2010 |
The term port congestion is fairly self-explanatory. Anyone who drives in an urban area is familiar with traffic congestion. Port congestion is the equivalent of this regarding large ships and the loading and offloading of cargo. Port congestion is the term used for situations where ships have to queue up and wait for a spot so they can load or offload.
Ports only have a limited amount of dockage, and only so many cargo or container cranes. Vehicles that have been moved by ship can only be driven off so fast, and it takes time to do this. Ships usually have to "wait in line" to get to the cranes or the pier because there is a high demand on the limited resources of a port. The high traffic volume causes port congestion.
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Member: Mark |
Post Date: 12/11/2010 |
What about this as the defination for port congestion: The inadequacy of port capacity to cope with ship/cargo traffic to and from the port resulting in delays in working the vessel, handling cargoes beyond reasonable period.
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Member: khalid1961 |
Post Date: 3/26/2011 |
the definition is fine,however most congested ports
use the terms CQD(customary quick discharge)in order to avoid any detentions/demurrage might arise between the receivers/chrtrs and/or chrtrs and owners.
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