Benefits and disadvantages of ship
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# The following are advantages of ship:
• Larger Capacity: It can carry much larger quantities of heavy and bulky goods such as coal, and, timber etc.
• Flexible Service: It provides much more flexible service than railways and can be adjusted to individual requirements.
• Safety: The risks of accidents and breakdowns, in this form of transport, are minimum as compared to any other form of transport.
• Flexible Service: It provides much more flexible service than railways and can be adjusted to individual requirements.
• Low Cost: Rivers are a natural highway which does not require any cost of construction and maintenance. Even the cost of construction and maintenance of canals is much less or they are used, not only for transport purposes but also for irrigation, etc. Moreover, the cost of operation of the inland water transport is very low. Thus, it is the cheapest mode of transport for carrying goods from one place to another.
# Disadvantages of ship:
• Seasonal Character: Rivers and canals cannot be operated for transportation throughout the year as water may freeze during winter or water level may go very much down during summer.
• Unreliable: The inland water transport by rivers is unreliable. Sometimes the river changes its course which causes dislocation in the normal route of the trade.
Unsuitable for Small Business: Inland water transport by rivers and canals is not suitable for small traders, as it takes normally a longer time to carry goods from one place to another through this form of transport.
• Slow Speed: It is a slow means of transport. Failure of monsoon results into fall in the water level of rivers making navigation difficult
More chances of attack on boat sailing through.
The ship if it is made with any metal it can sink it is a disadvantage and because of stream line it will float it is the advantage