Questions for chapter review

1. How would you describe the characteristics of cargo?
2. How are cargoes classified according to physical properties?
3. How are cargoes classified based on their packaging?
4. What is general cargo?
5. What is bulk dry cargo? Give examples.
6. What is liquid bulk cargo? Give examples.
7. Is it possible to transport the same cargo as general and bulk cargo? Differentiate between modes of transport? What will be the price differences?
8. What types of transport are used usually to transport general cargo? What are the characteristics of these carriages?
9. What mode of transport are mostly used to transport dry bulk cargo? What are the characteristics of these carriages?
10. What are the capacities of liquid cargo ships?
11. What is the capacity of dry bulk carriers?
12. What are the packaging levels?
13. What is the function of primary packaging?
14. What is the function of secondary packaging?
15. What is the function of tertiary packaging?
16. What are the pallet dimensions? How do primary and secondary packaging relate to pallet size?
17. How does pallet size relate to semi-trailer width?
18. How do pallet dimensions relate to container dimensions?
19. Are the pallet sizes different in the world?
20. What are the dimensions of an ISO container?
21. In what units are containers counted? What do these units mean?
22. What are the advantages of containers?
23. What are the disadvantages of containers?
24. What is the maximum capacity of containers can world largest container ships hold?
25. What is the maximum load that can be loaded into a semi-trailer in Europe? How many tons can it hold? How many palettes can be placed in it?
26. What is the total capacity of cargo that can be loaded into a container? How many tons can it hold? How many palettes can be placed in it?
27. What negative impact can cargo have on the environment?
28. What effect does the environment have on cargo?
29. What are dangerous goods and their characteristics?
30. How are dangerous goods classified?
31. What are methods and reasons behind the labelling of vehicles transporting dangerous goods?
32. Why it is important to label the cargo packages? What are its essential requirements?

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