TYPES OF PORTS

Cruiseport

This type of port specializes in dealing with the activities of cruise ships and provide the platform for the passengers to enter and disembark the cruises at the beginning and the end of the journeys,respectively.

Portofcall

1.SEAPORTS

Also known as the mid-way port. It is somewhere midway on ship’s travel plan to accept fuel supply andstockingorunloadingcargo.

Cargoports

These are the special ports to handle cargo only. These ports are also known as “bulk ports”, “break bulkports”or“containerports”.

Seaports are the most common types of ports around the world which are used for commercial shipping activities. A seaport can be further categorized as a cargo port or cruise port. Some of the oldest seaports are still used for recreational and fishing purpose. A seaport can be further categorized as a cargo port or cruise port. Some of the oldest seaports are still used for recreational and fishing purpose.

2.INLAND PORTS

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Inland ports are ports built on comparatively smaller water bodies suchasriversorlakes.

They can either be for cargo purpose or forpassengersorforboth.

Inland transport services are used to connect these inland ports (generally calledrailorroadterminal)

Fishing ports are mainly related to the commercial sphere as they participate in fishing. The fishing activities can also betreatedasamodeofrecreation.

They can either be for cargo purpose or forpassengersorforboth.

The existence of a fishing port entirely relies upon the availability of fishes in that region of the ocean. A fishing port canbeaninlandportoraseaport.

These are the ports in which the water ismaintainedatwarmertemperature.

4.WARM WATERPORTS

The biggest advantage where a warm water port is concerned, is that the water does not freeze during the frosty winters.

5.DRYPORTS

Two such major revenue-generating ports are Valdez port of Alaska and VostochnyportofRussia.

Dry ports are defined as inland terminals that can be interconnected with a seaport via road or rail transportation facilities, and they usually act as centres of multimodallogistics.

Its functions are quite similar to that of a seaport, with the only difference being t that itisnotsituatednearthecoastline.

It is a trans-shipment port which is connected to a seaport and manages intermittent operation like billing and managing coordination between importer andexporters.

Port Services

Port services can be defined as services that are provided at the port. The objective of port services is to enable operations at port to activate in a more efficient and effective manner.

List Of Port Services

BULKCARGO

SERVICE

PROCUREMENT

CONTAINER

SERVICE

LOGISTICS

SERVICE

LIQUIDCARGO

SERVICE

VALUEADDED

SERVICE

MARINE

SERVICE

Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transpo unpackaged in large quantities.

It refers to material in granular, particulate f as a mass of relatively small solids, such as g coal, iron coal, bauxite and cement. This cargo is usually dropped or poured, w spout into a bulk carrier ship hold, rai car/railway wagon, or tankertruck/ trailer/ trailer body.

Container Service

The containers have standardized dimensio They can be loaded and unloaded, stack transported efficiently over long distanc and transferred from one mode of transpo another.

The standard size of containers the world o are 20 feet and 40 feet.