What are the three advangate and disadvantage of water transport?
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Advantages of water transport are
1) Large vessels especially run economically since fuel costs can be spread over greater quantities. Distance does not add greatly to total transport cost.
2) It has the capacity of conveying heavy and bulky cargoes.
Disadvantages of water transport are
1) It is unsuitable for short distance journeys since transhipment is both costly and time consuming.
2) This mode of transportation is very slow compared to road transporthence; it is unsuitable for perishable goods and urgent cargoes.
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1) Large vessels especially run economically since fuel costs can be spread over greater quantities. Distance does not add greatly to total transport cost.
2) It has the capacity of conveying heavy and bulky cargoes.
Disadvantages of water transport are
1) It is unsuitable for short distance journeys since transhipment is both costly and time consuming.
2) This mode of transportation is very slow compared to road transporthence; it is unsuitable for perishable goods and urgent cargoes.
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