What are the advantages of water transportation?
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The following are advantages of water transport:
1.Larger Capacity: It can carry much larger quantities of heavy and bulky goods such as coal, and, timber etc.
2.Flexible Service: It provides much more flexible service than railways and can be adjusted to individual requirements.
3.Safety: The risks of accidents and breakdowns, in this form of transport, are minimum as compared to any other form of transport.
4.Flexible Service: It provides much more flexible service than railways and can be adjusted to individual requirements.
5.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.
6.Less Maintenance Cost: Maintenance cost in rail and road transport is quite high but maintenance cost of water transport is quite less.
7.Useful During Natural Calamities: During natural calamities like flood and rains, when rail and road transport is disrupted, relief operations can be operated through water transport.
Answer:
It can carry much larger quantity of heavy and bulky goods such as coal , timber etc.
2. The risks of accidents and breakdowns ,in this form of transport is much less of we compared to other mode of transport.
3. It is much flexible services than railways can be adjusted to individual requirements.
4.Rivers is the natural highways which does not require any cost of maintenance.